hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm martine croxall. today at two. hundreds of schools are closed and thousands have no power as snow and ice cover much of the uk — tonight temperatures may plummet to as low as minus 12. here in gloucestershire alone, 250 schools are shut today and the threat of an even colder nights to come. police in new york are responding to an explosion in central manhattan — it's thought one person is injured and is now in custody. six months after the grenfell tower fire — survivors are told that great importance will be placed on their stories at the public inquiry. a big breakthrough in huntington's disease research — scientists say there's hope the deadly condition can be stopped. coming up on afternoon live all the sport. five english sides involved

in the champions league draw. arguably the draw wasn't the kindest to chelsea though — they'll face five time winners barcelona. we'll look at how others fared not a huge amount of snow. temperatures falling away quickly. it isa temperatures falling away quickly. it is a we are worried about this evening and overnight and into tomorrow. i will have more later. thank you, darren. mount hope. it is now the tallest mountain in the country after being re—measured. hello everyone — this is afternoon live.

snow and freezing temperatures are continuing to cause widespread disruption in many parts of the uk and across the channel. heathrow airport is trying to clear a backlog of hundreds of flights, the port of calais is closed, while roads and rail have been affected. it's all making travel difficult and even hazardous. tens of thousands of pupils are having an unexpected day off after the cold weather prompted local authorities to shut their schools. a large swathe of central england and most of wales woke up to a winter wonderland, but the morning commute was tricky, many areas saw their heaviest snowfall for seven years. some areas saw 20 centimetres, which froze when temperatures plummeted. driving conditions were extremely dangerous, and the breakdown services have been working around the clock. on an average sunday we do 10,000 breakdowns, but yesterday we did 14,000 — 600 of those were vehicles stuck in snow. the main advice would be to take it very steady, pack a few extras in the car, like a blanket.

if you have a torch, a mobile phone, make sure they are charged. make sure you know how to use everything safely. make sure you have your main contacts saved in your phone should you need them desperately. there's been criticism of local authorities after hundreds of schools were shut, meaning an enforced day off for parents who had to look after children. as you can see, for a lot of people, it is a snow day, a lot of fun, but it's been a real problem for businesses especially because people cannot get to work, in some places they have had to stay at home to look after children. for others, simply because the high street should be doing quite well in the run—up to christmas but this is keeping people away. a lot of snow and ice around, it will stay like this for at least another day. the snowploughs and gritters have been working at full pelt throughout the weekend. for many areas, this is day four of disruption. the worst conditions are over the higher ground in england and wales, where they are more used to it and quite phlegmatic. happens every four or five years, we geta big dump, and obviously being higher up,

we tend to get more than most, but it is very pretty. everyone is being asked to help out, including organisations with four—wheel drive vehicles. we offered up a number of them to our health colleagues, because there is a lot of pressure on them at the moment. getting people to patients, patients to hospitals. we put them at the disposal of our health colleagues. we have well—trained drivers. we have good vehicles we are happy to lend. the cold snap is not yet over, that means there is no prospect of an early thaw, so the big question is, what happens next? across the country we have had a lot of snow and also rain and sleet over the last 2a to 48 hours. tonight, temperatures will plunge, in some spots, —10, —ii, —12 degrees. with all those wet and snowy surfaces, there could be some severe ice problems to take us into tomorrow morning. whether you love it or hate it, it is undeniably pretty,

and social media is filled with pictures like this. so, this year, many people enjoying some stunning scenery, and christmas come early. phil mackie, bbc news, worcestershire. simonjones is in dover, where the channel crossing has been closed, duncan kennedy is in hindhead in surrey, and speak tojon kay who's in the village of amberley in gloucestershire. simonjones from simon jones from dover. simonjones from dover. notjust this side of the channel affected? not at all. calais has been shut for a second day in a row due to the weather conditions on the other side of the channel. not very good here

either in dover. at the moment, snow coming down, it is wet, there is sweet. not settling because it is so wet but the wind is whipping up. it is cold. —— sleet. the ferries were tentatively moving this morning but delays of a couple of hours. no celcius between dover and calais because the portrait shot now. yesterday, the big incident in calais where a very grounded with around 300 people on board. p&0 says there is a full investigation, weather it was a mistake or how it came about. big problems on eurotunnel. some passengers said they waited seven hours in their ca i’s they waited seven hours in their cars in the freezing cold waiting to get on trains. eurotunnel has

apologised saying the conditions we re apologised saying the conditions were so apologised saying the conditions were so terrible, blizzards, snow, ice, and they had to try and deal with all that. as well as the ferries, like other parts of the country, there are problems on the railways, schools are shut. not great for getting around. the advice is, over the last couple of days, if you are heading out into these wet, grim, these conditions, check the forecast. some rain has been making good use of the snow behind you. -- some people. sledgers and such here. people are off school, a dozen or so schools are off. simply because they cannot get children to the school,

the route seven blocks rather than the route seven blocks rather than the schools inundated with snow. —— the schools inundated with snow. —— the passages to the school ‘s five centimetres have fallen in the last few hours. past winchester, further south it is rain and sleet. further north into surrey, higher ground, conditions like that. affecting the schools in this area and affecting some of the roads. not so much a bigger roads, ' 25. one r two people over. barry white. that is wonderful. the conditions have been

challenging. for myself, i have not had to try and get into work but challenging for the cars. the card got to a standstill up here earlier. knocks and bumps of cars, no traction on the wales. how difficult is it driving on the b roads?” traction on the wales. how difficult is it driving on the b roads? i had to come up on one of those. the conditions earlier were not too bad. taking drier by surprise, some of the conditions. trying to dry like normal. that is causing bumps and scrapes. an amateur photographer, trying to get beautiful snaps going? sometimes it is nice and clear, other times you cannot see too far ahead of you. makes for the fun and excitement of this weather that we do not often experience. barry white, the name is

so experience. barry white, the name is so appropriate in so many ways, is up so appropriate in so many ways, is up here. more snow here for the next couple of hours but after that the issue will be the ice, ice following in this area as the temperatures drop, driving conditions later on this evening will be more treacherous. duncan, you have found an appropriately named guest in surrey. john is in gloucestershire. people are sledging, too. causing disruption? yes, it is going to cause problems finding someone with as good a name as that. these guys would normally be at school in stroud, not today. gloucestershire isa stroud, not today. gloucestershire is a rural county. 350 schools, 250 of them are shut today. these

children are waiting to find out if they are going to school tomorrow. the worry is notjust the snow that fell yesterday, not too much today, but some of the roads have followed, got slushy. in the next few hours, the temperatures are expected to drop further. we are hearing suggestions of —5 or six or colder. huge problems on the road, and tomorrow morning in the rush hour. the gritting trucks to get ahead of the game are out. a typical commuter tomorrow morning. another reason these children are making the most of it today, but maybe thinking of another day off tomorrow. how much criticism has there been of local authorities for causing schools so readily? in a county like gloucestershire, mainly rural,

people in this village might travel 5-10 people in this village might travel 5—10 miles to the nearest school. you can understand why in a place like this it will be difficult to make journeys down country lanes. notjust for make journeys down country lanes. not just for pupils, some make journeys down country lanes. notjust for pupils, some of the teachers live in the outlying villages. people can understand when snow of this magnitude happens that some schools were shut. in other places, you are right, especially bigger towns and cities, most of the pupils and teachers lived nearby, there have been suggestions that decisions were made to hastily. it is not just decisions were made to hastily. it is notjust schools. in the car coming here, jeremy vine on the radio was talking about christmas markets and linking being closed because of snow, they are then was no snow in lincoln. all this forecasting and modelling is fine in some ways, it is suggested if the snow does not follow the forecast, lots of events and school being cancelled and the impact is that we

are maybe too hasty on making decisions on health and safety. thank you, john. and you can keep up to date with the latest disruption disruption on our website. we are told one person is in custody after the explosion in manhattan in new york city. it happened at new york's busiest bus station, the port authority terminal. a male suspect police say, has been taken into custody. also the only person injured. the injuries are not life—threatening, it is sad. he may have been staging a suicide attack, wires attached to him and carry a pipe bomb, it is suggested. appears

to have been partially exploded. the new york times website has quoted a city official in the same police we re city official in the same police were so concerned city official in the same police were so concerned they decided to strip the suspect naked to remove whatever the device was he was wearing. it caused, as you can imagine, immense amounts of concern to people travelling across the city. a stampede when counterterror police and firefighters evacuated the terminal. hundreds of people had to get out of that building. joining us to get out of that building. joining us now, a cbs news reporter. how did this unfold ? us now, a cbs news reporter. how did this unfold? we were not cheer for the stampede you mention. we have seen the video. a0 minutes after the explosion, 8am local time, we witnessed at the doors behind me, hundreds, thousands of people screaming out of the port authority

bus terminal, one of the transit hubs, as buses and trains deposit them here. now, it is on lockdown. this whole area has a big transit problem on its hands because some of the biggest parts of the new york city transit system, this bus system, folks coming across from new jersey, most of the subway lines that go through times square are bypassing or are unable to go to those stations. how fast did the authorities respond? quite quickly by all accounts. 0ne authorities respond? quite quickly by all accounts. one of the most remarkable things is only one person injured, not life—threatening injuries. the police believe this device went off prematurely. it went off in device went off prematurely. it went offina device went off prematurely. it went off in a tunnel between the port authority and times square stationss. the custody from bangladesh —— suspect in custody

from bangladesh had a second device, and exploded. can cctv help? new york is not as well monitored as london but certainly a place like this is very well monitored. in the hours and days ahead of the nypd and federal investigators will be combing through that footage. thank you. president of trump —— present trump and the new york may are being kept up to date. hundreds of schools closed as temperatures may plummet to —12 after snowfall. iman is in custody

after snowfall. iman is in custody after an explosion at new york's bus terminal. a public enquiry asman told —— a man is in custody after an explosion. corporate manslaughter and manslaughter... five english side in the last 16 of the champions league draw. five times champion barcelona against chelsea. real madrid againstjuventus. water and milk thrown atjose mourinho after the manchester derby. and the rescheduling of the match against saracens has been postponed, described as absurd. survivors and bereaved families have

called on the public inquiry into the grenfell tower disaster — in which 71 people died — to be headed by a panel of experts, rather than a single retired judge. the current chairman, sir martin moore—bick is holding two days of public hearings to set out the future of the inquiry‘s work. victims of the fire say they are already becoming pushed to the sidelines. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports from the hearing in central london. the bereaved, the survivors, the people who lived in the shadow of the tower, their supporters. they are not going anywhere. these two days of hearings will set up the way in which the enquiry does its job, gathers the evidence. at first, much of that will come from the police. but the enquiry heard the voices of those who escaped the fire will be vital. to prepare a statement for the enquiry will, for many of them, be difficult and traumatic. and the process of giving oral evidence to the enquiry, equally,

if not more, challenging. but we must also try to move more promptly and effectively with the aim of learning lessons from this awful event. in order to save the lives of others and in order to ensure something like this can never happen again. but the survivors and the families of the bereaved have a string of concerns. they are worried, as so—called core participants, that they are already being pushed to the sidelines. watching as experts and lawyers discuss matters of life and death between themselves. hearings will be conducted exclusively by your counsel and you, rendering the core participants passive attendees. able only to give their own evidence if asked, and to suggest questions, but never to ask them. well, we want to ask questions on behalf of our clients. only the enquiry‘s lawyers will question witnesses. it is led by a singlejudge, sir martin moore—bick.

the families want him, joined by others, to make up a panel with people better able to represent the social issues the fire revealed. what we're asking for is a panel of experts that represent the community. that are diverse, but also have the expertise that is required. their suspicion is not helped by the fact that six months on, many survivors have not been rehoused, with a2 families found homes so far. it has been much more complicated and challenging than we initially thought. but i think by the time... you know, we have bought 300 houses and we are getting people rehoused. that will build the trust. it's action rather than words. that's an ongoing process. inquests have described how the 71 victims died. the enquiry‘s job is to decide why. the police, whether anyone is criminally responsible. difficultjobs in themselves, made far more difficult

by the trauma this tragedy has left behind. tom symonds, bbc news. we arejust we are just hearing the television presenter keith checkland has died. he was only 60 and had been battling with a progressive lung condition. —— keith chegwin. we remember him from children's television. leaping around the set, really to have a script to follow but ad—libbing admirably. very much a staple of the children's programmes of that area. he started off as a performer at an

end of the pier show. he had been spotted by phil collins‘ mother who invited him to an addition for a stage show and off she went to stage school and progressed to television and film as well. no doubt quite a future dates to keith chegwin. to recap, he has died, we are hearing, at the age of 60. born in walton in liverpool, he also has a very famous sister called janice long, well—known to radio listeners. we will get many tributes to him having heard he died after a progressive lung condition. the prime minister will update mps in the commons this afternoon on the brexit deal struck on friday in brussels. it‘s understood she‘ll say she expects eu leaders to agree to start talks about future trade and security at to start talks about future

trade and security. to reason labour come to do a statement to mps giving them the latest on the brexit negotiations. i will talk to the shadow chancellor john mcdonnell. first, labour has been talking about the financial sector. you have pretty bold plans to shake things up. involving moving the bank of england? we commissioned a report from graham turner, independent consultant, to look at the finance sector and in ensuring investment in infrastructure, new technology, research and development, it is bold, the report. we need new structures, shiftyjuke investment board linked to the back of england and look at how we can direct investment more effectively. they are falling behind our competitors, particularly on research and development. the other issueis research and development. the other issue is whether the investment is going. a concern that most of the

decision—making in whitehall, parliament, westminster and the city and not enough reflecting the needs of the regions and the nations. 0ne of the regions and the nations. 0ne of the regions and the nations. 0ne of the edges of moving some of the elements of the bank of england out to work with the strategic investment board and national investment board and national investment bank. suggested as the birmingham. moving to the border, financial sector, brexit. what is the position of the labour party? at some point, you will have to make a decision about the single market? we wa nt decision about the single market? we want as close to the single market as we possibly can and also keep the option open of a customs union. the single market is to protect economy and jobs. it is part of being close to the single market, we should maintain passport in our access to financial services to protectjobs. a single market, a customs union,

not the single market and customs union. we have to respect the referendum but we want to get as close to the single market as we possibly can to maintain the existing benefits was that i gets the impression from european partners they are up for reform. that gives us a way to negotiate a way to protect jobs that gives us a way to negotiate a way to protectjobs and the economy. david davis says a negotiated settlement, no tariffs, closely aligned so we can carry on trading? we have consistently had this position but i do not know what david davis‘ position is from day—to—day. this morning, he seems to have fallen out with the chancellor, this spoke on continuing payments. some doubts with the deal with the irish as well. unfortunately... hoping the government can get a grip on the negotiations and move quickly. we will hear from theresa may and her

own backbenchers about what they think of the deal she struck on friday, and labour. greater manchester police say three children have died, a fourth is critically ill following a suspicious house fire in worsley. they were saying crews were called to jackson street at around 5am. police have confirmed they are launching a murder investigation because of the nature of this particular house fire. three children have died, a fourth is critically ill in hospital, and a woman is also in hospital, they say, under sedation. more on that when we get it. some other very sad news regarding keith chegwin, the television presenter. his family are saying he has died at the age of 60 following a long—term battle with a

progressive lung condition. this is... he was a staple of saturday morning television, particularly in the late 19705 and morning televi5ion, particularly in the late 19705 and 19805. the multicoloured swap shop. and chequers plays pop wa5 multicoloured swap shop. and chequers plays pop was always worth watching. —— chegger5 plays pop. he was spotted in a talent competition. we will hear from people playing tribute to him this afternoon. more than 8000 people in the uk have huntington‘s disease — a devastating condition which permanently affects their ability to move and think as well as how they behave.

it‘s a neuro—degenerative disease which often starts to affect people in their 305 and a05. and now 5cienti5t think they may have made a big breakthrough — which could ultimately stop the deadly disease. 0ur health and science correspondent james gallagher has had exclusive access to the trial and joins me 110w. just how big is this breakthrough? in the context of any neurodegenerative disease, it is described as the biggest in 50 years. described as the biggest in 50 year5. huntington‘s described as the biggest in 50 yea r5. huntington‘s diseases described as the biggest in 50 year5. huntington‘s diseases caused by the build—up of a toxic protein in the brain. that kills brain cells. you cannot stop it. eventually, it is fatal. thi5 cells. you cannot stop it. eventually, it is fatal. this trial, a experimental drug injected into the spines of patients, a fluid... it has interrupted the production of the protein. lower levels of the toxic protein in the brains of patients for the first time. it is a big deal. no one is saying it is a cure. what are they suggesting this finding might mean? it is definitely

not a cure. what we know from a decade of animal research is that if you do this in animals, they do not get huntington‘s disease or huntington‘s disease does not progress. the thing to do now is to do longer trials in human patients. that will tell us whether doing the 5ame that will tell us whether doing the same thing, lowering levels of the toxic protein, can prevent huntington‘s disease or slow the course of it. there are still big que5tion5. what‘s the read of told me, this is the first time there has any hope of that in huntington‘s, ever. get as one of the -- is one of the neurodegenerative disea5e5, ever. get as one of the -- is one of the neurodegenerative diseases, that mean for other conditions there is no hope for? parkinson's disease, ultimate disease, huntington‘s disease, or characterised by toxic protein5. —— alzheimer‘s disease. the theory is that if you could do

something similar, lower toxic p rotei n5 something similar, lower toxic proteins in the other diseases, you might be able to change the course, and slow dementia a5 might be able to change the course, and slow dementia as well. they do not know that yet. trials on the back of this research are already underway. use of an extraordinary breakthrough, thank you very much. mount hutt wa5 mount hutt was recently remea5ured and found the tower above what had previously been considered the talle5t peak, mount jackson, previously been considered the talle5t peak, mountjackson, also in the antarctic. he is our 5cience correspondent, jonathan amo5. you would think the entire world would be mapped to the nearest centimetre by now, but not — it seems — the antarctic. its rugged, icy terrain is hard to traverse and no—one has yet climbed all its mountains to measure their peak5. cartogrophers rely on satellites to work out the heights of summit5. when the british antarctic survey

did this recently, they found mountjack5on — long assumed to be the tallest on the antarctic peninsula — wa5 surpa55ed by mount hope. satellites showed hope to be 3,239 metres high, just over 10,600 feet. the existing, believed height of 2,850 metres, goes back to the 19605 from overland survey. now, with the availability of sub—metre resolution satellite imagery, we have been able to get an accurate height to plus or minus five metres for mount hope. accurate mapping is vital because 5cienti5ts fly everywhere on the continent. if mountains aren‘t featured, or are in the wrong place, it can be very dangerous. american researchers are repeating the british re—mapping exercise across the entire continent. it should be finished next year. that will turn antarctica from the worst mapped place on the planet to one of the best. jonathan amo5, bbc news. breaking news this half hour is the

new5 breaking news this half hour is the news that the tv presenter keith chegwin has died at the age of 60. 0ur entertainment correspondent joins us. his family say he had been ill for a while. yes, it is very sudden new5 ill for a while. yes, it is very sudden news and only at the age of 60. and so many people grew up watching keep on those saturday morning shows. multicoloured swap shop. saturday superstore. and a resurgence when he was bouncing up and down on doorstep5 on the big brea kfast and down on doorstep5 on the big breakfast and was a much loved figure that so many grew up with. in deep 5hock figure that so many grew up with. in deep shock to hear the news today and tribute5 already coming in. a tribute from his ex—partner maggie philbin who he worked with. she said, iam philbin who he worked with. she said, i am sure you will have seen the heartbreaking new5 said, i am sure you will have seen the heartbreaking news about keith who died earlier today. he was a

one—off, full of life, generous and with a focus on things that mattered, his family. i saw him two month5 mattered, his family. i saw him two months ago with his system where he was still attempting to be the life and soul of the party despite being on portable oxygen and we made sure he knew how much he mentor i5 on portable oxygen and we made sure he knew how much he mentor is all. keith wa5 he knew how much he mentor is all. keith was loved by everyone who knew and worked with him.|j keith was loved by everyone who knew and worked with him. i am sure there will be more tribute5 this afternoon. for the moment, thank you. a reminder about what has been happening in new york. new york police are speaking, they are saying that... we will hear from them a pre55 that... we will hear from them a press co nfe re nce that... we will hear from them a press conference shortly. the merit of new york, builder plu5 zero, is going to hold that pre55 of new york, builder plu5 zero, is going to hold that press conference. —— the mayor. he and donald trump have been kept informed following an explo5ion this afternoon where a device was found strapped to a 5ingle suspect. police took one man into custody. and apparently, the

explo5ion into custody. and apparently, the explosion was recorded on surveillance video, according to one city official. the man in custody was the only person, we understand, to be enjoyed. in a serious condition but the injury is not life—threatening, we are told. but it did cause a stampede at the portal parity bus station, a very busy time with lots of business —— people commuting. the media are getting ready to hearfrom bill de blasio very shortly. the press currently gathering. also, let‘s remind you that the tv presenter keith chegwin has died at the age of 60 and his family say he had battled against a long—term lung condition. joining it is tv presenterjohn craven who worked with keith chegwin on those many children programmes. an immensely sad day. hello, can you

hear is? john craven? i can hear clicking on the line, but we cannot quite make contact. we will speak to him ina quite make contact. we will speak to him in a moment to get a tribute to keith chegwin who has died at the age of 60. time now for the weather forecast. darren, a lot of parts of the country experienced very cold weather yesterday. very unusual, it was the coldest day since 1910 because the temperature at braemar which never got higher than 6.2 celsius. last night, temperatures dropped to —13, that was in northumberland. and the snowiest weather was in sunny bridge where we had 30 centimetres of snow. not as much snow today. no, not as

much snow today. a picture taken in wales, there it is, a lovely blue sky day, it is very cold, but not much snow, most of the wintry mix of rain, sleet and migratory across the south east of england and east anglia, but it is very slushy. and all that snow and rain is going to freeze. that is the major problem through this evening and overnight and into tomorrow. there could be travel disruption which could be nasty out and about. is the evening. we have had a wintry mix across the south east and east anglia. most of the snow across the hills, it is becoming drier, the wetter weather moving into the near continent. we are moving into the near continent. we a re left moving into the near continent. we are left with showers. across east anglia and the south east. some cloud, so temperatures not dropping too low. clear skies across many parts of the country. we do her

showers towards the western fringes. more showers around the coast and inland, temperatures fall away and the ace develops more widely. let‘s listen to the press conference following the explosion at the port authority. thank you, good morning to everyone. the first news this morning is very frightening and disturbing. when you hear about a warm, it is one of our worst nightmares. in reality, it turns out better than the initial explanation... the nypd, the port

authority police, they were all on it. you see representatives of all the agencies coordinated, the assistant director of the fbi will sweeney is here. so everyone worked together. there was an explosion. the police commissioner will go over the details. they were all on it. you can see behind us representatives of all the agencies coordinated. the assistant director of the fbi will sweeney is here. so eve ryo ne of the fbi will sweeney is here. so everyone worked together. there was an explosion. the police commissioner will go over the details. it was an effectively low—tech device. there were several injuries, we hope minor. and it was handled extraordinarily well. there

was a disruption in rain and bus service while a sweep was being done. that is all being restored now as you will hear. the subway service, except at a2nd st, is being restored. it makes is an international target, we understand that. with the internet now, anyone can go on the internet and download garbage and vileness on how to put together... an explosive device. and thatis together... an explosive device. and that is the reality that we live with. the counter reality is that this is new york. anyone can go on the internet. .. and this is new york. anyone can go on the internet... and we are a savvy people. we keep our eyes open. and thatis people. we keep our eyes open. and that is what see something, say something is all about. and we have

the best law enforcement on the globe. and we are all working together extraordinarily well. i wa nt to together extraordinarily well. i want to thank the mayor and the mayor‘s office for doing a greatjob this morning. and we will go forward and we will go forward together. 0rdinary service will resume, let‘s go back to work. we‘re not going to allow them to disrupt us, that is what they want. and that is exactly what they want. and that is exactly what they want. and that is exactly what they are not going to get, thank you. thank you very much, governor. let's be clear, as new yorkers, our lives revolve around the subways and when we hear of an attack on the subway, it is incredibly unsettling. let's be also clear, this was an attempted terrorist attack. thank god the perpetrator did not achieve his ultimate goals. thank god our first

responders were there so quickly to address the situation and to make sure people were safe. thank god the only injuries that we know of at this point were minor. but i agree 100% with the governor's point that the choice of new york, we are a beacon to the world and we show a society of many faiths and backgrounds can work. and we show that democracy can work. and our enemies want to undermine that. the terrorists want to undermine that. so they yearn to attack new york city. but new york city is blessed with the finest law enforcement. and what our first responders did today was another example of addressing the situation quickly, containing it and making sure people are safe. it is in very important for my fellow new yorkers to know that are no additional known incidents at this

time, there are no additional known activities. we will wait for a follow—up investigation, of course, by the nypd and the mta police and port authority police and fbi, but at this point in time, all we know of is one individual, thank god, was unsuccessful in his aims. there are also no credible and specific threat against new york city at this time. but we will give you more information, of course, as the investigation unfolds. the first responders responded brilliantly. now the mission of the nypd is to secure all major transit hubs and major sites in the city. so you will see expanded nypd presence today all over the city. new yorkers have come to understand when you see our specialised forces, those long guns and those highly trained officers, thatis and those highly trained officers, that is something that should be reassuring to you and it means nypd

is on ball out and out in force and that means you are safe. i finally wa nt that means you are safe. i finally want to say the governor invoked the phrase and we cannot say it enough times, when you see something, say something. this is the difference maker, we have seen it time and again when an everyday new yorkers see something that does not make sense, a package, get a feeling something is wrong, don't hold it to yourself, tell a feeling something is wrong, don't hold it to yourself, ta lay is wrong, don't hold it to yourself, talay police opposite. they are the ones who can take the information and act upon it so important to speak up because you could be saving many lives by doing so. i will finish by saying this. this is the most resilient place on earth, we have proven it time and time again. we proved itjust over a month ago and we proved it on 9—11 and we will prove it again today, the terrorists will not win. we will keep being new yorkers. let's get back to work, thank you. that was the mayor of new

york speaking, bill de blasio. before that, we heard from the governor of new york, both paying tribute to what they regard as the best emergency services in the world and describing this as a low—tech device that went off prematurely in a passageway between two substations near the port authority bus station in central manhattan this morning, causing a stampede. with people hearing an explosion in that way. the governor said, of course new york is an international target, but we are sadly, we will be vigilant and we will go back to work and not allow this to disrupt life here. more on that story throughout the afternoon. first, let‘s take a look at the sports news now. we have had the champions league draw. chelsea against barcelona. that‘s right. arguably, antonio conte‘s side has the toughest task with barcelona, but it won‘t be easy for tottenham either —

who‘ll have to deal with last season‘s runners—up, juventus. elsewhere, manchester city were handed potentially the most straightforward task — paired with swiss champions basel, and manchester united will fancy their chances aganist sevilla, with the second leg due to take place at old trafford. and finally liverpool are up against porto. but, martine, as you say — antonio conte won‘t have an easyjob ahead — our sports reporter 0lly foster has more. recent history has gone the way of chelsea, a lot of draws between the two, but let‘s see how they go in a couple of months when they face for the first leg which is going to be at sta mford the first leg which is going to be at stamford bridge because the group winners always played the second leg at home. the first leg is to be played in february. and we have had the drama at old trafford. and we knew there would be drama at old trafford yesterday, but perhaps not for the reasons we expected. up

up to around 20 players from united and city had to be separated after a bizarre incident that left one city coach with a cut to his face. manchester united and manchester city have until wednesday to respond to the football association‘s request for more information, city beat united 2—1. united managerjose mourinho was said to be unhappy at city‘s supposedly excessive celebrations. here‘s our football reporter, simon stone. jose mourinho walked along the corridor and he saw the manchester city dressing room was open and basically made his feelings known. there was a reaction, a lot of jostling. arteta got a cut above his eye, the manchester city coach, there was some milk that was thrown and it hit a member of the manchester united star. so it was a bit unseemly. the fa have now decided to step in and they have asked both clubs what have —— what happened. it is outside the

referee‘s jurisdiction and the cubs have until december 13 to let the fa know what went on. england cricketer ben duckett‘s been suspended for the remainder of the england lions tour of australia following an investigation into an incident in a perth bar. after losing the first two tests, the english need a win in perth to keep the series alive. and our sports correspondent, andy swiss, is there for us. welcome, you can see the australian players being put through their paces. there is no england training today, but the focus is still very much on them and in particular their disciplinary problems after it emerged that ben duckett has been suspended from playing for the england lions for the rest of their tour here after he poured a drink overjimmy anderson‘s head in a bar in perth on thursday night. earlier, we heard from the australian player cameron bancroft and he said his tea m cameron bancroft and he said his team are not distracted by in the‘s

problems. look, i think regardless of what issues pop—up, that certainly does not change what we want to do as a team. ithink not change what we want to do as a team. i think we have not change what we want to do as a team. ithink we have been not change what we want to do as a team. i think we have been pretty ruthless so far in this series and we certainly want to keep it that way. i think all those external factors, they are certainly out of our control. if we can keep focusing on our games our control. if we can keep focusing on ourgames and our control. if we can keep focusing on our games and the way we're playing, that will not make any difference in regards to that. the pitch at the waca was once famed for being one of the fastest and fiery sta n being one of the fastest and fiery stan the world. memories of some of the great pace bowlers charging in over the years. it has in recent times become comparatively tame and you would imagine australia‘s quick bowlers would love it to be back to its very pace used. former australian batsman just a its very pace used. former australian batsmanjust a langer who is now coach says he is optimistic. even though we say it is not as quick as it has been, it is quicker than most in the world so we

probably take for granted a little bit. but if it is the extra bounce which brings opposition teams unstuck, not so much the pace, the extra bounce. and if it swings around, there is green grass and hopefully it is a good even contest. it will be very interesting to see how this pitch plays, you but you would imagine that mitchell start, josh hazelwood and pat cummings will be licking their lips. england have lost their last seven test matches at the waca so as well as that other challenges, they are up against history as well when this third test match gets under way on thursday. andy swiss reporting from perth. clermont auvergne have described the events around the postponement and rescheduling of their match against saracens as absurd. the european champions cup match — a repeat of the 2017 final — will now take place in front of fans at allianz park at 5:30 this evening. in a statement, clermont described events of the last 2a hours as an "episode of amateurism".

the game has been moved following snow on sunday. it looks like the snow is causing problems for everyone. absolutely right, thank you, stay wrapped up warm. the nominations for this year‘s golden globes are being announced in los angeles. jason solomons is here to enlighten me. when key. christopher plummer stepped in at short notice. this is extraordinary. i have not seen the film, it is called all the money in the world. it has three nominations including christopher plummer who was not recently in this film, this is after allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards kevin spacey and christopher plummer had to reshoot the scenes by ridley scotla nd had to reshoot the scenes by ridley

scotland now has a nomination as best supporting actor for his role in it. the film is not even in it. they saw a rough cut of it. ridley scott has a director nomination for pulling this off in some ways. the film is still coming out and they did it in six weeks. it will put some people to shame because they spend months making these movies in hollywood and if they can turn one around and still get nominations in six weeks, that will tighten the production budget of everyone. christopher plummer is a class act. and a superb performer, but to go from kevin spacey to this and put it into the film is some kind of achievement. they are recognising the achievements and the performance, i have not seen that yet. call me by your name, that is not an instruction. no, it is in the movie. it is the surprise movie that has been awarded several times for best picture for performances by an unknown actor in his first movie. it

is an italian romance, a homosexual coming—of—age movie set in a beautiful house in northern italy in the hot summer months. it is a fantastic film and probably my favourite of the season, delighted to see it getting this recognition. that is the surprise movie people have not heard of dominating these awards. the shape of water. yes, a film that is from del toro, famous for monster features. it is a comedy, a very strange science fiction movie set in the 19505 about sally hawkins who has been nominated, our owners sally hawkins. she falls in love with an aquatic monster, a fish even. it is called the shape of water and directed by del toro, who is mexican, set in 19505 america where people were suspicious of alien activity. and it

reflects on our age. richard jenkins has also been nominated for his performance as a supporting actor. it is about the roswell incident, an alien being brought in and this treatment and sally hawkins is the only character who shows this alien creature some kindness, rather more than kindness in fact! shall we read between the lines? yes, it is a very strange picture but people falling in love with it because it is innocence versus a mistrust of the alien. people are saying that very much reflects what is going on in america at the moment. get out, but don‘t! yes, this is what i am happiest about, it has come from nowhere and it stars a british actor playing an american actor. a black man taken back to his girlfriend‘s white parents for the weekend and things turned creepy and violent and

scary. it is a satire on race relations. we had a lot of talk about 05cars being too white and is dominated by white actors. and why the directors. this film is directed byjordan peel, his first movie, i loved it, it was excellent and very edgy. and the north london lead actor is one of the big names in hollywood. it does not look like a satire, it looks really scary. it is a horror movie and a satire at the same time, very vicious but you cannot muck about on race relations. the biggest performance is from gary 0ldman who plays winston churchill, he is nominated as the best performer in the doc hour. that will premiere tonight and you would not recognise him as winston churchill. thank you so much. generally the seventh, we will find out. thank

you, jason. —— january the 7th. three children have died after a house fire in worsley, greater manchester police following an investigation after the blaze which happened in the early hours. the children‘s mother is in hospital under sedation and two other children were slightly injured. 0ur correspondent is at the scene, and horrific story. yes, it started this morning as an apparent tragedy, at a house fire, a number of people taken to hospital seriously injured. but greater manchester police have confirmed they are treating this as murder. three children dead, two girls aged 1a and seven and an eight—year—old boy. a three—year—old girl is critically ill in hospital and their 35—year—old mother is said to be seriously ill and is as yet unaware her children have died. two

16—year—old boys were in the house and they have been described as walking wounded and one of those, in the family, and other visiting at the family, and other visiting at the time. this fire broke out during the time. this fire broke out during the early hours of the morning, fire crews arrived injackson street in the worsley area of manchester at 5am to find the house midway down the street well ablaze. investigations are under way to find out why the fire started. clearly, the police considering this has a serious motive to it in that they are now treating this as a murder investigation. yes, what about any eyewitnesses? it was very early in the morning and people might not be around. that is right, we have spoken to a number people, you cannot go down injackson street, but people roundabout say they, one lady was aware of a woman screaming during the early hours of this morning and she saw an orange cloak and the fire was under way. other

people talking about emergency services arriving. people with key information are the ones who live in the houses down the street. detectives making house—to—house enquiries and talking to people in their homes throughout this morning and early afternoon. trying to give the police i am sure any information they can. but at the moment, as to exactly how the fire started and as the more details about these children who died, we are still waiting for that. the tragedy of this is that we have three children dead, a 1a—year—old, seven—year—old, eight—year—old boy and their three—year—old sister critically ill. their 35—year—old mother still seriously ill in hospital. for the moment, thank you very much, from worsley, greater manchester. time for a look at the weather. there has been some snow falling but not as much, the main focus is on icy conditions with the lying slow

—— snow, it will turn icy quickly and stay that way into tomorrow. a mixture of rain, sleet and snow across east anglia and the south east. when she showers around eastern coasts, some to the west. for many, it is dry, clear and cold. temperatures fall away very quickly this evening. ice developing very quickly. in the countryside and where you have a covering of snow, temperatures could be down to minus 12. a really cold and frosty and potentially icy start to the morning. bright and sunny for many places, showers in the east fade away and we see cloud increasing and wind picking up in the west and rain arriving here. that is where we see the highest temperatures. for many, it is cold, but dry and bright. hello, you‘re watching afternoon live — i‘m martine croxall. today at three. hundreds of schools are closed and thousands have no power as snow and ice cover much of the uk — tonight temperatures may plummet to as low as minus 12. here in gloucestershire alone, 250

schools are saturday and the gritters are going out soon because they are worried it could be even colder this evening. the suspect was injured and now in custody after what the maher is calling a suspected terror attack. there are no other major threats against new york at this time. six months after the grenfell tower fire — survivors are told that great importance will be placed on their stories at the public inquiry tv presenter keith chegwin has died aged 60 — following a long illness. coming up on afternoon live all the sport — holly hamilton. coming up we‘re looking at the champions league draw — an record five english sides involved.

arguably the draw wasn‘t the kindest to chelsea though — they‘ll face five time winners barcelona. we‘ll be taking a look at how the rest have fared. thanks holly, and we‘ll bejoining you for a full update just after half—past. darren has all the weather. it will get very cold tonight. some places in the uk haven‘t risen above freezing day and the temperatures are dropping quickly now, the sky is clearing, and the wintry showers moving through. ice is a major concern, all the details later on. also coming up — the highest mountain in the country isn‘t where you might think... mount hope, in the uk—section of the antarctic, has been re—measured, and now takes top honours. snow and freezing temperatures are continuing to cause widespread

disruption in many parts of the uk and across the channel. heathrow airport is trying to clear a backlog of hundreds of flights, the port of calais is closed, while roads and rail have been affected. it‘s all making travel difficult and even hazardous. tens of thousands of pupils are having an unexpected day off after the cold weather prompted local authorities to shut their schools. a large swathe of central england and most of wales woke up to a winter wonderland, but the morning commute was tricky, many areas saw their heaviest snowfall for seven years. some areas saw 20 centimetres, which froze when temperatures plummeted. driving conditions were extremely dangerous, and the breakdown services have been working around the clock. on an average sunday we do 10,000 breakdowns, but yesterday we did 1a,000 — 600 of those were

vehicles stuck in snow. the main advice would be to take it very steady, pack a few extras in the car, like a blanket. if you have a torch, a mobile phone, make sure they are charged. make sure you know how to use everything safely. make sure you have your main contacts saved in your phone should you need them desperately. there‘s been criticism of local authorities after hundreds of schools were shut, meaning an enforced day off for parents who had to look after children. as you can see, for a lot of people, it is a snow day, a lot of fun, but it‘s been a real problem for businesses especially because people cannot get to work, in some places they have had to stay at home to look after children. for others, simply because the high street should be doing quite well in the run—up to christmas but this is keeping people away. a lot of snow and ice around, it will stay like this for at least another day. the snowploughs and gritters have been working at full pelt throughout the weekend. for many areas, this is day four of disruption. the worst conditions are over the higher ground

in england and wales, where they are more used to it and quite phlegmatic. happens every four or five years, we geta big dump, and obviously being higher up, we tend to get more than most, but it is very pretty. everyone is being asked to help out, including organisations with four—wheel drive vehicles. we offered up a number of them to our health colleagues, because there is a lot of pressure on them at the moment. getting people to patients, patients to hospitals. we put them at the disposal of our health colleagues. we have well—trained drivers. we have good vehicles we are happy to lend. the cold snap is not yet over, that means there is no prospect of an early thaw, so the big question is, what happens next? across the country we have had a lot of snow and also rain and sleet over the last 2a to a8 hours. tonight, temperatures will plunge, in some spots, —10, —11, —12 degrees. with all those wet and snowy surfaces, there could be some severe

ice problems to take us into tomorrow morning. whether you love it or hate it, it is undeniably pretty, and social media is filled with pictures like this. so, this year, many people enjoying some stunning scenery, and christmas come early. phil mackie, bbc news, worcestershire. 0ur correspondentjon kay is in minchinhampton children are not in school today, despite it‘s looking pretty? children are not in school today, despite it's looking pretty? hardly any children in this county are in school today. 350 schools in this rural county of gloucestershire and 250 of them are shut. some are sledging. this is the week many of them will break up for christmas. for them, best bit if not for their pa rents, for them, best bit if not for their parents, who are juggling for them, best bit if not for their parents, who arejuggling childcare.

—— respite. governors had to make the decision to close yesterday. not much snow overnight, this is this time yesterday. they are worried around here that‘s the rural roads some of the children‘s and teachers have to travel for many miles, they thought it was not worth the risk because it would mean so many people hitting the roads today, it could be icy. the big threat is what happens later today. no more snow predicted in this part of gloucestershire, but the temperatures, as simon king said in the reports, could get as low as -5 in the reports, could get as low as —5 minus seven degrees in the west country and into wales. the roads area bit country and into wales. the roads are a bit slushy with the sunshine, but if it freezes over, especially in the hills, it could be more treacherous. the gritters are heading out later but it is whether they will do enough. a lot of the

traffic tomorrow morning could face difficult situations. duncan kennedy is in surrey. not too badly affected there with some big roads? that is right. 5—6 centimetres of snow, stirring pretty much nonstop for 5—6 hours since we have been here. it is pockets. in winchester, rain and sleet. localised flooding there, can you believe? the further north and the higher we have come, snow like this. the devil‘s punchbowl. ‘ 25, next to the a3. here, snowing for hours and hours. —— m25. more than a

dozen schools here alone closed. pupils cannot get to them. pupils enjoying the snow said there are buses could not get through to their schools. the schools have had to close. so far as the b roads, lots of little shanks and knocks, cars finding traction difficult. lots of the b roads gritted and assaulted. even so, cars knocking into each other, one are two people slipping and getting bumps. a fantastic location, but difficult conditions in this immediate area? i see. —6 tonight. but it is fun and we were able to get sledging in. one batboy

and there is nothing so we were happy to find this. have you had trouble getting to hear because of the slipping and sliding? no, easy to get you. is the snow blocking the roads where you come from? just a bit slower but most people are either inside or at work, i think, still. in terms of schools, your children here have broken up already. any childcare issues? there a lwa ys already. any childcare issues? there always are but as long as you get them out and about, that is the main thing. there is one here in the goggles, it looks like you are going to the alps. what do you think? it is really good for throwing snowballs. i wasn't imagining this snow. you are not very old, i do not imagine you have seen much snow.|j go to france to ski a lot! around

_5’ go to france to ski a lot! around -5, -6 go to france to ski a lot! around —5, —6 tonight. a low isolated in terms of the geographic spread of the snow, where it has come down, even the roads that have been gritted could be very slippery especially for the journey home around about rush hour which gets underway over the next few hours. duncan, i hope you have a go on a sledge before you go home. a well travelled young lady there. and you can keep up to date with the latest disruption disruption on our website. at bbc dot co dot uk forward slash news. a lot of people, tony blackburn,

will be sad to hear the news of keith chegwin dying?” will be sad to hear the news of keith chegwin dying? i spoke to him about four weeks ago. he said he was recovering. i did not expect this. very sad. we work together a lot when i was on radio one. we did the teeth and maggie children‘s show. they would go over to television centre and do the show there. i got to know him so well. we worked on brea kfast to know him so well. we worked on breakfast television together on itv. we travelled all over the place together. he was just a most lovely person i have ever met. i am so sad he is no longer with us at the early age of 60. so young for him to have gone. what was he like off area? on

air, a ball of energy. he was the same off area, actually. exactly the same off area, actually. exactly the same as on television. always rather like myself, he did not speak well so when we were around filming abroad or anything we would stay up till very late, chatting away. having fun. he was exactly the same off airas on. having fun. he was exactly the same off air as on. a true professional. a wonderful person to be with, great company. he always said he could ad—libbed his way through anything. he was a total natural with a wonderful, childish sense of humour. he always said hey—hey. i enjoyed his company and will miss him a lot. he came up through the ranks, he had

done everything before he got a television? yes, he was on television? yes, he was on television practically the whole time. the programmes we did together, we had so much fun. i will remember him as a true professional and a great friend. his children‘s television shows, cheggers plays pop, he was a natural. it was the big brother house, he was in, he rather enjoyed it, despite it being a nightmare? i could not believe he went in there. he did very well. i talked to him after and he said he really enjoyed it in there. he did very well. it is a sad day. i only heard about it just very well. it is a sad day. i only heard about itjust a moment ago and it is still sinking in. i think it is taking a lot of people by

surprise. thank you, tony blackburn, for your memories. the police says the suspect, who is in custody, had a device strapped to him via velcro. we have identified him as akayde ullah. burns to his body. he was wearing an improvised, though take explosive device attached to his body. he intentionally detonated the device. —— low technology.

we witnessed at 8am hundreds and thousands of people streaming out of this transport hub. now, it is on lockdown. no one coming in or out. this area as a transit problem on its hands. we have lost the cbs correspondent. he was talking about the early moments of the incident where the explosion prematurely went off this morning at the port authority bus terminal. you‘re watching afternoon live, these are our headlines more than 1000 schools close, more

than 100 homes without power as parts of the uk suffer the effects of heavy snow. the suspect has been named as 27—year—old akayde ullah in the port authority terror attack, wearing a low technology device, which detonated injuring himself and three others. six months on from g re nfell tower three others. six months on from grenfell tower survivors are told that great importance will be placed on their stories at an enquiry. and five english sides in the last 16 of the champions league, but chelsea have been drawn against five—time champions barcelona while tottenham face juventus. and champions barcelona while tottenham facejuventus. and what happens at 0ld facejuventus. and what happens at old trafford after the 2—1win facejuventus. and what happens at old trafford after the 2—1 win for manchester city? it is said arteta

had a cut and jose mourinho add milk and water thrown at him. i will be back at 3:30pm. survivors and bereaved families have called on the public inquiry into the grenfell tower disaster — in which 71 people died — to be headed by a panel of experts, rather than a single retired judge. the current chairman, sir martin moore—bick is holding two days of public hearings to set out the future of the inquiry‘s work. victims of the fire say they are already becoming pushed to the sidelines. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports from the hearing in central london. the bereaved, the survivors, the people who lived in the shadow of the tower, their supporters. they are not going anywhere. these two days of hearings will set up the way in which the enquiry does its job, gathers the evidence. at first, much of that will come from the police.

but the enquiry heard the voices of those who escaped the fire will be vital. to prepare a statement for the enquiry will, for many of them, be difficult and traumatic. and the process of giving oral evidence to the enquiry, equally, if not more, challenging. but we must also try to move more promptly and effectively with the aim of learning lessons from this awful event. in order to save the lives of others and in order to ensure something like this can never happen again. but the survivors and the families of the bereaved have a string of concerns. they are worried, as so—called core participants, that they are already being pushed to the sidelines. watching as experts and lawyers discuss matters of life and death between themselves. hearings will be conducted exclusively by your counsel and you, rendering the core participants passive attendees. able only to give their own evidence if asked, and to suggest questions, but never to ask them.

well, we want to ask questions on behalf of our clients. only the enquiry‘s lawyers will question witnesses. it is led by a singlejudge, sir martin moore—bick. the families want him, joined by others, to make up a panel with people better able to represent the social issues the fire revealed. what we‘re asking for is a panel of experts that represent the community. that diverse, but also have the expertise that is required. their suspicion is not helped by the fact that six months on, many survivors have not been rehoused, with a2 families found homes so far. it has been much more complicated and challenging than we initially thought. but i think by the time... you know, we have bought 300 houses and we are getting people rehoused. that will build the trust. it‘s action rather than words. that‘s an ongoing process.

inquests have described how the 71 victims died. the enquiry‘s job is to decide why. the police, whether anyone is criminally responsible. difficultjobs in themselves, made far more difficult by the trauma this tragedy has left behind. tom symonds, bbc news. three children have died and a fourth is critically ill in hospital, after a house fire in worsley. greater manchester police say they‘re launching a murder investigaion. how it started is what they try to find out. the fire broke out 5am. as to what has caused it, we do not know but the police are treating it

as suspicious, treated as a murder investigation. three children dead, two goes age 1a and seven, and nature of voice. the divide of mother seriously ill in hospital, another boy. 216—year—old boys described as walking wounded. —— two 16—year—old boys. the circumstances of how it broke out is the thing the police are currently trying to get to the bottom off. what are the neighbours saying? any eyewitnesses? 5am, a residential street, we have spoken to a number of labourers who said the first day had was the fire engines arriving this morning. 0ne lady further up the road said she heard banging, she thought someone was breaking into her house. she thought she heard a woman and then a

male voice screaming. then she saw the orange glow of the fire. people, including children, seriously hurt, it was thought to be tragic. now, a murder investigation, the police think there is a suspicious cost of the fire. —— callers to the fire. —— keith chegwin has died at the age of 16. five decades, his career spanned. john, thank you for bearing with us. you knew keith chegwin a long time? he was only 19 when he joined the multicolour swap shop. he

had done some acting. he had never done that sort of presentation work. noel edmonds and i have a nice and teeth was out no matter what the weather is doing his swaporama. hundreds of children around him. he was always cool and calm. i never saw him when he wasn‘t happy. he was that kind of happy, smiley character. he had earned his stripes, performing on stage and coming through the ranks? that is right. he was in some films, a robin hood film or something like that before he became a children‘s television presenter. of course, after putt swap shop and superstore,

cheggers plays pop. and loads of other things. he was a really nice man. he was struggling with the lung condition, when did you know he was unwell? did not know much about that. we were great friends for many yea rs that. we were great friends for many years but then you go your separate ways. we lost touch a little bit. it has come as a huge shock to need to know had not been very well for a while and is no longer with us. i cannot imagine that because he was a lwa ys cannot imagine that because he was always such a cheerful presence and now he is not clear. even recently, at his sister‘s wedding, janice long, he was still despite being ill the life and soul of the party. he will be remembered, the golden area of saturday morning television. for anyone too young to remember, they have missed out? swap shop was revolutionary. the first time there

was a three hour live programme without a script. keith was a great off merchant. it had happened —— off—the—cuff merchant. the viewers we re very off—the—cuff merchant. the viewers were very much part of the programme and keith was the conduit. the person who brought the children to the location, encourage them to come to the swap. interacting with the programme as well. it was a very exciting time and he was so much pa rt exciting time and he was so much part of it. interactivity before the word had been invented, i suppose. we‘ve remember it fondly. like a lot of people, his career went off the boil but she reinvented himself? he was doing a lot of things on brea kfast was doing a lot of things on breakfast television, wasn‘t he? i think he did some sort of online gaming thing, he told me once. he

was very full of diversity, was our teeth. i think he could send his hand to anything. it was the time of brightly coloured clothes. the jumper was the thing. he wore his great big swap shop anorak thing. he was a wonderful man. a great time forfashion! thank was a wonderful man. a great time for fashion! thank you, john, was a wonderful man. a great time forfashion! thank you, john, for sharing your memories of keith chegwin, who has died at the age of 16 from a lung condition. more than 8000 people in the uk have huntington‘s disease — a devastating condition which permanently affects their ability to move and think, as well as how they behave. it‘s a neuro—degenerative disease which often starts to affect people in their 305 and a05. and now scientist think they may have made a big breakthrough — which could ultimately stop

the deadly disease. 0ur health and science correspondent james gallagher has had exclusive access to the trial. it isa it is a toxic protein in the brain, kills brain cells, eventually fatal. this trial has seen an experimental drug injected into the spines of patients, a fluid that paves the brain and spinal—cord, interrupting the production of the protein, low levels of the protein in the brains of patients for the first time. it isa of patients for the first time. it is a big deal. it is not secure. what do they suggest the finding might mean? definitely not a cure but what we know from a decade of animal research is that if you do this in animals, they do not get huntington‘s disease or the huntington‘s disease or the huntington‘s disease or the huntington‘s disease does not progress. the thing to do now is to do longer trials in human patients.

that‘s not us whether doing the same thing, lowering the levels of the toxic protein, can prevent huntington‘s disease or slow the course of huntington‘s disease. there are still big questions but the lead researcher told me there is the lead researcher told me there is the first time there has been any hope of that in huntington‘s, ever. 0ne hope of that in huntington‘s, ever. one of the biggest neurodegenerative diseases, what could it mean for other conditions there is no hope for? something like parkinson's disease, arts as disease, huntington‘s disease, all characterised i build up of toxic proteins. —— alzheimer‘s. there are significantly more complicated, but the theory is that if you could do something similar by lowering toxic protein in other diseases, you could slow dementia and has changed because of it. they do not know that but trials on the back of the research are already underway. let‘s cross live to the house

of commons where theresa may do is able update the house of commons about the preliminary deal after the first phase of brexit talks which should allow them to move on and talk about trade. —— theresa may is expected to update the house of commons. hello there. there has been some snowfall in today, but not as much. the focus is on icy conditions with the lying snow at some wet roads and pavements. it will turn i see very quickly and stay that way overnight and into tomorrow.

we have had a mixture of rain, sleet and snow across east anglia and the south east. that is pulling away into the near confident. left with a few wintry showers around the eastern coast. one or two out to watch the west. for many, it will be dry, clear and cold. the temperatures will fall away very quickly. this evening. ice is developing very quickly as well. in the countryside and particularly when you have a covering of snow, those temperatures could be down to around minus 12. icy start of the morning. bright and sunny for many places. the showers in the east tending to fade away, cloud increasing, wind picking up in the west, rain beginning to arrive here. that is where we will probably see the high temperatures. for many, cold but dry and bright. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. more than 1,000 schools are closed, and hundreds of homes are without power as parts of the uk continue to suffer from the effects of heavy snow. tonight temperatures may plummet to as low as minus 12. police in new york say four people have been slightly injured in an explosion at manhattan‘s busiest bus terminal. a man has been taken into custody.

six months on from the grenfell tower fire, survivors are told at a public inquiry that great importance will be placed on their stories. the metropolitan police also told the inquiry it‘s investigating a range of possible criminal offences including manslaughter and corporate manslaughter. a big breakthrough in huntington‘s disease research, scientists say there‘s hope the deadly condition can be stopped. tv presenter, keith chegwin, has died at the age of 60. his family says he‘d had a "long—term battle with a progressive lung condition". from starring on the saturday morning tv show swap shop in the late 19705, his show business career spanned 50 years. we are expecting to hear theresa may speak to the house of commons shortly, making a statement on the preliminary deal that was made last

week with the eu 27 which hopefully will mean that the government can move on to talking about trade. a european commission spokesperson has said that this was gentleman‘s agreement and it is not legally binding, but it is the commission‘s understanding that the government has fully back it. on sunday though, david davis, the secretary for exiting the eu said that the measures agreed over money, citizens rights and that all—important issue of the irish border were not legally enforcea ble of the irish border were not legally enforceable and might not be honoured if no trade deal was agreed. he is putting caveats around halfs agreed last week. that was a lot of tooing and froing over the deal. the intention was that they would try to move on. they are talking about trade talks or to formulate the framework for talking about trade talks. so many words used about it before we find out what the progress is we have made,

but the prime minister due to make a statement to the house of commons very shortly. we have seen her sitting in. she is already waiting on the front bench, but they are finishing off one or two other questions first. last week, of course, the issue was very much the irish border. this is one of the three issues that the e ed eu 27 felt needed to be dealt before they move on to talk about trade, the other is the rights of eu citizens and british citizens in other parts of the eu and the amount of thund that britain is going to hand over as part of the so—called divorce bill which has been discussed at length for quite a few months, but the irish border was the thing that seemed to preoccu py the irish border was the thing that seemed to preoccupy everybody last week. on monday morning the prime minister had announced that there was a deal and then the dup, of course, providing a confidence in supply support for the minority government at the moment, they were saying that the deal was not what

they had anticipated and it was nothing something they could support and they had to go back to the drawing board and discuss the nature of the border so there is no hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. i thought if i kept talking to you about the deal, we might see theresa may stand up. she hasn‘t. sport now on afternoon live with holly hamilton. the champions league has been made and chelsea have got the toughest. they will face barcelona for the sixth time in the knock—out stages of the champions league. tottenham will have to deal withjuventus and manchester city handed the most straightforward task paired with swiss champions basel and manchester united will fancy their chances against sevilla. liverpool will have

to face porto. but martine as you say — antonio conte perhaps won‘t be too happy with their draw — our sports reporter 0lly foster has more. a—lot of draws between the two, but let‘s see how they go in a few months‘ time when they face for the first leg, which is going to be at sta mford first leg, which is going to be at stamford bridge because the group winners always play the second legs at home. the first leg to be played in february. those games starting on the 13th february. another huge clash to mention — paris st germain drawn with defending champions real madrid — the first leg of their tie on valentine‘s day — no love lost there though martine. there was drama yesterday. up to around 20 players and members of staff from manchester united and manchester city had to be separated after this incident that left one of the city coaches with a cut to his face and manchester united and city

will have until wednesday to respond to the football association‘s request for more information on this. we know what happened after city‘s 2—1win and manchester united‘s managerjose mourinho, was said to be unhappy at city supposedly excessive celebrations. jose mourinho walked along the corridor and saw the manchester city dressing room was open and made his feelings known. there was a reaction. there was a lot of jostling. the manchester city got cut above his eye. there was milk thrown that hit a member of the... plenty of drama, but that‘s all your sport. i will have more in the next hour. sorry to cut that short, but theresa may is updating mp5 on the brexit deal. following the discussions i held throughout last week, president juncker is recommending to the european council that sufficient process has been made to move to the next stage and begin talks on the

future relationship between the uk and the eu. and president tusk profoesed guidelines for the next phase of the negotiations. i want to pay tribute to the secretary of state, for exiting the european union, and our whole negotiating tea m union, and our whole negotiating team for their calm and professional approach to these negotiations. we have argued robustly and clearly for the outcomes we seek. a fair and reciprocal deal that will guarantee the rights of more than three million eu citizens living in the uk and a million one uk nationals living in the eu, so they can carry on living their lives as before. a fair settlement of the accounts, meeting our rights and obligations asa meeting our rights and obligations as a departing member state. and a commitment to maintain the common travel area with ireland, to uphold

the blaeft agreement in full and to avoid a hard border between northern ireland and ishld, while upholding the constitutional and economic integrity of the whole united kingdom. let me set out for the house the agreements we have now reached in each of these air yos. more than three million eu citizens make an extraordinary contribution to every pa rt make an extraordinary contribution to every part of our economy, our society, our culture and our national life and i know that eu member states similarly value the contribution of the one million uk nationals living in their communities. so from the outset i have made protecting citizens rights my first priority. but for these rights to be truly reciprocal, they need to be intrempted consistent in the uk and eu. they said that the rights should not require any uk process to implement them. and that

they should be supervised by the commission and enforced by the european court of justice. commission and enforced by the european court ofjustice. those proposals were not acceptable. mr speaker, when we leave the european union, our laws will be made and enforced here in britain, not in luxembourg. so the eu has accepted that we will incorporate the withdrawal agreement into uk law and citizens rights will then be enforced by our courts, where appropriate paying due regard to releva nt appropriate paying due regard to relevant ecj case law, just as they... just wait for it. just paying due regard to relevant ecj case law just as paying due regard to relevant ecj case lawjust as they paying due regard to relevant ecj case law just as they already paying due regard to relevant ecj case lawjust as they already decide other matters with reference to international law when it‘s releva nt. in the interests of consistent interpretation of citizens rights, we have agreed that where existing

law is not clear, our courts and only our courts will be able to choose to ask the ecj for an interpretation prior to reaching their own decision. this will be a very narrow remit and a very small number of case and unlike now, unlike now, they will not be obliged to do so, this will be voluntary. the case itself will a lwa ys be voluntary. the case itself will always be determined by the uk courts, not the ecj and there will bea courts, not the ecj and there will be a sunset clause so after eight yea rs, be a sunset clause so after eight yea rs , eve n be a sunset clause so after eight years, even this voluntary mechanism will end. the end point of this process , will end. the end point of this process, mr speaker, is very clear. eu citizens living in the uk will have their rights enshrined in uk law and enforced by british courts and uk citizens living in the eu will also have their rights protected. thejurisdiction will also have their rights protected. the jurisdiction of the ecj is coming to an end. we are taking control of our own laws once again and that‘s exactly how it

should be. let me turn to the financial settlement. following some tough conversations we have agreed the scope of our commitments. we will continue to pay our net contributions under the current eu budget plan. during this time or proposed implementation period will see you continuing to trade on current terms and we will pay our share share of the outstanding commitments and liabilities to whiched we committed during our membership. 0ufr this is conditional upona number of membership. 0ufr this is conditional upon a number of principles we have negotiated over how we will arrive atafair negotiated over how we will arrive at a fair valuation of these commitments, which will bring the actual financial settlement down by actual financial settlement down by a substantial amount. this part of the report we agreed on friday, like the report we agreed on friday, like the rest of it, is also subject to the rest of it, is also subject to the general reservation that nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. this means... this means we want to see the whole deal now coming together, including the terms of our future deep and special partnership asi future deep and special partnership

as i said this florence. mr speaker, these are the actions of a responsible nation honouring the commitments that it has made to its allies having gone through the commitments line by line as we said we would. it is a fair settlement for the british taxpayer who will see significant savings compared with remaining in the european union. it means we will be able to use that money to invest in our priorities at home such as housing, schools and the nhs. and it means the days of paying vast sums to the european union every year are coming to an end. mr speaker, our departure from the european union presents a significant and unique challenge for northern ireland and ireland. so it is absolutely right that the joint report makes clear we will uphold the belfast agreement in full. this agreement including it‘s subsequent implementation agreements and arrangements has been critical to

the progress made in northern ireland over recent decades. 0ur commitments to those agreements, the principles that under pin them, the institutions they establish, and the rights and opportunities they guarantee, remains steadfast. the joint report reaffirms our guarantee that there will be no hard border between northern ireland and ireland. so much of daily life in northern ireland depends on being able to cross the border freely so it is right that we ensure no new barriers are put in place. we‘ve been absolutely clear that nothing in this process will alter our determination to uphold the con stilt tuitional and economic integrity of the whole united kingdom. and it was right that we took time last week to strengthen and clarify the joint report in this regard, listening to unionists across the country including the dup. on friday, i rend enforced this further by making six principled commitments to northern ireland. first, we will always uphold and

support northern ireland‘s status as an integral part of the united kingdom, consistent with the principle of consent. as our northern ireland manifesto at the last election made clear, the government i lead will never be neutral when it comes to expressing our support for the union. secondly, we will fully protect and maintain northern ireland‘s position within the single market of the united kingdom. this is by far the most important market for northern ireland‘s goods and services, and northern ireland will continue to have full and unfettered access to it. third, there will be no new borders within the united kingdom. in addition to no hard border between northern ireland and ireland, we will maintain the common travel area throughout the islands. fourth, the whole of the united kingdom including northern ireland, will leave the eu customs union and the eu single market. nothing in the agreement i have reached alters that fundamental fact. fifth, we agreement i have reached alters that fundamentalfact. fifth, we will uphold the xhiltments and safeguards set out in the belfast agreement

regarding north, south co—operation. this will continue to require cross community support. and sixth, the whole of the united kingdom including northern ireland, will no longer be subject to the jurisdiction of the european court ofjustice. mr speaker, as thejoint report makes clear, our intention is to deliver against the commitments through the new, deep and special partnership that we are going to build with the european union. should this not prove possible, we have also been clear that we will seek specific solutions to address the unique circumstances of the island of ireland and because we recognise the concerns felt by either side of the border, and we wa nt to either side of the border, and we want to guarantee that we will honour the commitments we have made, we have also agreed one further fall back option of last resort. so physical we cannot find specific solutions then the uk will maintain full alignment with those rules of the internal market and the customs union, which now or in the future

support north, south co—operation, economic co—operation across the island of ireland and the protection of the belfast agreement. thejoint report of the belfast agreement. the joint report clearly sets out that cross community safeguards and consent are required from the northern ireland executive and assembly for distinct arrangements in this scenario and in all circumstances northern irish businesses must continue to have full and unfettered access to the markets in the rest of the united kingdom on which they rely. so mr speaker, there can be no question about our commitment to avoiding barriers both north, south and east, west. we will continue to work with all northern irish parties and the irish government in the second phase of the talks and continue to encourage the re—establishment of the northern ireland executive so that northern ireland voice is fully heard. in my florence speech i proposed an implementation period to

give governments, businesses and families the time they need to implement the changes required for our future implement the changes required for ourfuture partnership. the prosighs terms of this partnership will be up for negotiation. i recommend president tusk‘s recommendation that talks should start immediately and agreed as soon as possible. this is not about a hard or a soft brexit. the arrangements we have agreed to reach the second phase of the talks are entirely consistent with the principles and objectives that i set out in my speech in florence and at lancaster house. i know some doubted we would reach this stage, the process ahead will not be easy, the progress so far has required give—and—ta ke for the progress so far has required give—and—take for the uk and the eu to move forward together and that is what we have done. of course, nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. but... but there is, there is, i

believe, a new sense of optimism now in the talks and i fully hope... and i fully hope and expect that we will confirm the arrangements i have set out today in the european council later this week. this is good news for the people who voted leave, who are worried we were so bogged down in the negotiations, torturous negotiations it was never going to happen. it‘s good news for people who voted remain who were worried we were going to crash out without a deal. we are going to leave, but we‘re going to do so in a smooth and orderly way, securing a new deep and special partnership with our friends, while taking back control of our borders, money and laws once again. that‘s my mission. this is this government‘s mission and on trid we took a big step towards adhefg it and i commend this statement to the house. the speaker: jeremy corbyn.

thank you, mr speaker. i would like to thank the prime minister for advanced copy of this statement. 18 months on from the referendum result, the prime minister has scraped through phase one of the negotiations. scraped through after 18 months, two months later than planned, with many of the key aspects of phase one still not clear. this weekend, cabinet members have managed to contradict each other. indeed some have managed to go even further and contradict themselves! mr speaker, we respect the result of the referendum, but... but due to this government‘s shambolic negotiations it‘s getting increasingly difficult to believe this is a government that is indeed even capable of negotiating a good

dealfor brinl. these negotiations, mr speaker, are vital for people‘s jobs and for our economy. 0ur economy. our future prosperity depends on getting them right. so let us hope that today we can elicit some, very uncharacteristic clarity, from the prime minister. firstly, on the financial statement. can the prime minister confirm the figure quoted by the secretary of state for exiting the eu that we will be paying between 35 and £39 billion in an exit payment? and, after this weekend‘s confusion, can the prime minister clarify whether this payment is conditional on securing a final deal as the brexit secretary said, or whether it‘s an obligation for the uk to pay as the chancellor said or it‘s only part of a conditional. if so, how much?

when can the prime minister publish a full breakdown of the settlement? whether she agrees that the settle m e nt whether she agrees that the settlement should be audited by the national audit office and the bulgt for —— the office for budget responsibility. finally on the financial settlement, does the prime minister yet have any indication of what level of ongoing payment the uk will be making to the eu for on going participation in eu joint programmes and for ongoing membership of eu agencies? secondly, mr speaker, on the issue of citizens rights. can the prime minister confirm that they have agreed that the european court ofjustice will oversee the deal on eu citizens rights for the next eight years and that the uk courts will have due regard to ecj decisions

indefinitely? can the prime minister therefore update the house on her red line that there is no future role for the ecj and what this means for trade negotiations. importantly, importantly for british citizens living in european union countries, can the prime minister confirm the government‘s negotiations mean they will maintain all of their existing rights indefinitely and will she now today, confirm that uk pensions will continue to be paid and uprated for all british citizens in the future? thirdly, mr speaker, on the complex question of the irish borderment again, mr speaker, there are conflicting statements. this time between the brexit secretary and of course, the brexit secretary! so... laughter

can the prime minister confirm whether the deal reached last week is legally enforceable or not? article a6 of the published agreement seems pretty clear that andi agreement seems pretty clear that and i quote, "it must be upheld in all circumstances irrespective of the nature of any future agreement between the european union and the uk." and what does regulatory alignment mean? does it mean the exact same rules or different rules with similar outcomes? and if the latter, who would adjudicate if those different rules are similar enough or not? which policy areas are covered and how long does regulatory alignment last? is it only the transition or for the implementation period as the prime minister calls it or is it permanent? finally on the question of

deadlines. mr speaker, this government wasted time on phase one. partially with a general election which i‘m sure the prime minister now regrets calling, but the government originally aimed for phase one negotiations to be com plete phase one negotiations to be complete in october. then everything was ready for an announcement on monday. and ultimately we saw a rather fudged monday. and ultimately we saw a ratherfudged agreement monday. and ultimately we saw a rather fudged agreement late last week. so, has this experience given the prime minister reason to consider dropping the unnecessary exit date deadline of 29th march 2019 from the eu withdrawal bill? because i‘m sure mr speaker, the whole house and indeed, i think probably the hole country, would rather get the best possible deal a little bit later if that meant a better deal for people‘s jobs and the economy. the second phase of negotiations

will have a huge impact on our relationship with our largest trading partner. the brexit secretary committing to deliver and i quote, "the exact same benefits as now." does that remain the government‘s aim? i assume it does as the prime ministerjust said, "the uk will maintain full alignment with those rules of the internal market and the customs union." i‘ve left the trickiest question to last. can the prime minister explain what the brexit secretary actually meant when he said that he wanted to have a trade relationships in the future which are se e.t. a trade relationships in the future which are se et. a plus, plus, plus, can she explain what on earth he was talking about? mr speaker, i hope... i hope, the foreign

secretary is trying to bring clarity to the situation. i wish the prime minister well in adjudicating that debate! i hope the next crucial phase of negotiations are not punctuated by posturing, delays and disarray that characterised the first phase and i‘m sure the whole country would welcome clarity from the prime minister on exactly what has just been agreed. well, i have to say to the right honourable gentleman the only posturing that‘s been taking place has taken place from that bench over there in this house. he talks quite a lot about the issue of alignment. i have to say to him that we, i set out very clearly in my lancaster house speech what we were determining, what our objectives in the brexit negotiations. set that out further in some more detail in the speech i gave in florence. when while, the labour party has had 12

different brexit plans. in fact, i have to say that the right honourable gentleman has had so many brexit plans he can‘t even reach alignment with himself. but, to a nswer alignment with himself. but, to answer his questions, first of all, he started off saying that he wanted to uphold the referendum and then later in his comments he said he didn‘t want to accept the leave date of 29th march 2019. we‘re leaving the european union on that date. that is what the british people voted for and that‘s what this government is going to put if place. he asked about the financial settlement. he asked about the financial settlement. we have agreed the scope of the commitments and methods for valuation and adjustments to those values. and it is the case that that is the calculations currently say that that would be 35 to £39 billion. so the a nswer to would be 35 to £39 billion. so the answer to his question is yes. he asked about whether this was

conditional on securing a deal. it is clear in the joint progress report, i have repeated it in nigh statement just now, that report, i have repeated it in nigh statementjust now, that this is, offer is on the table, in the context of us agreeing the partnership for the future, agreeing the next stage and agreeing the partnership for the future. if we don‘t agree that partnership, then this offer is off the table. he asked about how much we were going to pay intojoint programmes. well, the point is that‘s all part of the negotiation in phase two. and that will be negotiated depending on the programme and depending on the agencies should we wish to remain pa rt agencies should we wish to remain part of it. he said would i confirm that the ecj will oversee the rights for eu citizens for the next eight yea rs ? for eu citizens for the next eight years? no, because they won‘t be overseeing the rights of eu citizens for the next eight years. i made it clear that citizens rights will be determined by the courts here in the uk. he asked about the legal nature of

the agreement, it will be brought into law in the withdrawal and lamentation bell that will be brought before this house. he asked about pensions being paid for uk citizens, yes, that will continue. he asked whether the arrangements that were in place in relation to citizens rights and the ecj would have an impact on the part of the deal, paragraph a1 of the joint report makes very clear that this in no way prejudge his discussions on other elements of the withdrawal agreement. he asked about alignment. what is necessary is that we have the same objectives. we may reach the same objectives. we may reach the objectives in different ways, but what we need to ensure, and this isn‘t a theological argument, it is about the practical decisions that need to be made to ensure the trade across the border between northern ireland and ireland can continue. that is what we will be looking at. asi that is what we will be looking at. as i and the taoiseach have been very clear in our discussions, we

both believe we should be working to ensure that this can be achieved through our overall agreement between the uk and the european union. that is, indeed, what we should be aiming for. i have to say, he asked about the trade deal, we have always said we are not looking for a deal that is norway and we are not looking for a deal that is ceta. we are looking for a deal that is right for the united kingdom. sadly, we know what a labour approach to the negotiations would mean. it would mean paying the european union billions of pounds every year in perpetuity. it would mean the following eu rules with no say over town. that would mean no divergent is from eu rules in the future whatsoever. it would mean zero control of immigration. i have to say to the right honourable gentleman, that would not make a success of brexit, that would be no brexit at all. mr kenneth clarke. may i first of

all congratulate the prime minister on her triumph last friday... i hope that is maintained. i had never previously known that the days following a british government entering into a treaty like agreement with 27 friendly governments to be followed by ministers and their aides appearing to cast doubt on whether we have agreed to anything, finally, and regard ourselves as bound at all. would she confirm that nothing is agreed until everything is agreed is agreed until everything is agreed is a well—known phrase, meaning that details can be revisited once you have sorted out what the ultimate destination is, but it doesn‘t mean that you are going to tear everything up and start again on eu

citizens, and paying money, and regulatory convergence, if something goes wrong in future. would she confirm that we have settled the rights of eu citizens? we know how we go to calculate the financial obligation, that undoubtedly falls on this country because of past commitments by british governments and that open borders to require some regulatory alignment in any country in the world, if you‘re going to have an open border, and we are committed to an open border between the republic of ireland and northern ireland, which, of course, in part means between the united kingdom and the european union. cani can i first of all thank my right honourable friend for his positive comments about the stage that we have received the nick reached in these negotiations? the report was issued as a joint progress report on the point we have reached and the agreements we have reached. it

enables us to go to the detailed negotiations, as he said, on various issues. the area on which we have perhaps have most detailed negotiations so far is on citizens rights, and it does cover a whole range of issues in relation to benefits and so forth for eu citizens who are here. 0bviously benefits and so forth for eu citizens who are here. obviously we have also had those negotiations on the other elements, which are not just about northern ireland and the financial settlement, but a lot of areas about the withdrawal as well. of course, that withdrawal agreement, as we have set out in thisjoint progress agreement, as we have set out in this joint progress report, agreement, as we have set out in thisjoint progress report, will be brought into uk law at the point of which that particular bill is brought before this house and this house will have an opportunity to vote on that particular bill. he makes the point at the end about trade deals. he is absolutely right, in any trade agreement there is a necessity for both sides to agree certain regulations, rules and standards on which they will operate. this is going to be no different from that. it will be only different from that. it will be only different in the sense that we are

already operating on exactly the same rules and regulations. mostly exactly the same rules and regulations as the european union. we start from a slightly different place than we would do if we were negotiating with another country. thank you, mr speaker. what a difference a day makes. yesterday, the secretary of state for exiting the secretary of state for exiting the eu said that the agreement reached in brussels on the uk‘s withdrawal was a statement of intent, rather than a legally enforcea ble intent, rather than a legally enforceable thing. the secretary of state was put in his place by the deputy prime in a style violent, who tweeted that the commitments and principles are made and must be upheld in all circumstances. this morning, the secretary of state hit the radio waves to reveal the deal is more than legally enforceable. so, for the absence of any doubt, can the prime minister tell the house today that in no circumstances will we read returning to a hard border between northern ireland and the irish republic? let‘s make that commitment in this house today. mr

speaker, last week we have the humiliating scene of the prime minister being forced out of the original deal by the dup, rushing back to london, the government had to rewrite the agreement so as to reach the dup‘s approval. we really have to wonder who is running the uk. is it arlene foster or the right honourable member for maidenhead? well, members on these benches welcome both sides moving into phase two negotiations. the next phase will be significantly tougher. it is essential that all governments across the united kingdom are fully involved in the negotiations on the uk's involved in the negotiations on the uk‘s future relationship with the eu, something which has not happened to this point. the provisions relating to northern ireland in the agreement raise major new questions over proposed uk wide frameworks. let me be clear, any special arrangements for northern ireland must now be available to all nations of the united kingdom. the snp will

continue to speak with one loud and clear voice. the prime minister must commit today to keeping the uk in the single market and the customs union. to do otherwise would be catastrophic forjobs, for workers‘ rights, for people‘s incomes and living standards. thank you, mr speaker. the honourable gentleman asks me to confirm in this house that there will be no hard border between northern ireland and ireland. i have to say to him, this is not the first time i have made this statement in this house. he can google it and find out how many times i have said it. if he had listened to my statement and looked at this statement, i said the joint report reaffirms our guarantee that there will be no hard border between northern ireland and ireland. he asks about the circumstances, anything that relates to northern ireland being given to scotland. northern ireland is in a different position from scotland. it is the only part of the united kingdom that

has a land border with a country that will remain in the european union. it is, in fact, that will remain in the european union. it is, infact, already that will remain in the european union. it is, in fact, already the case that there are a number of unique, specific solutions that pertain to the island of ireland. the common electricity market, for example. the single sanitary area. there are various resolutions that have been put in place to recognise that relationship, physical relationship, between northern ireland and ireland. he asks yet again for the united kingdom to stay in the single market and the customs union. i said again, in my statement, that we will be leaving the single market and the customs union. we will be doing that because we will be putting in place the vote that took place in 2016 to leave the european union. i repeat to the honourable gentleman, he talks about the statement i have made and the commitments of this government, it would be good for him to stand up

and say that he supports, as i have in the statement, the continued constitutional integrity and economic integrity of the whole united kingdom. mr iain duncan smith. can ijoin my right honourable and learned friend, the memberfor right honourable and learned friend, the member for rotch cliff, right honourable and learned friend, the memberfor rotch cliff, in congratulating my right honourable friend in driving through an improved agreement on friday, against what many thought would not have been feasible. can i go on, therefore, to say that she has been incredibly clear in the past about the fact that the two year period that follows our departure is an implementation period. isis still the government‘s position that this two—year implementation phase will be about permitting all that has been agreed, and notjust to carry on with no change at all?” been agreed, and notjust to carry on with no change at all? i thank my right honourable friend. the point

of the fermentation period is exactly as he says, to ensure that the changes necessary for the new relationship to work can be put in place. examples, the registration of eu citizens here in the uk, which the home office will be running during that particular period. it is also about ensuring that businesses and citizens have the confidence and reassurance of knowing how they will be operating through that period and that there is no double cliff edge for businesses, that they actually have a smooth process of change. that is the point of the intimidation period. the further details of it will be negotiated in the next phase. i am pleased the european commission and the president of the eu councillor clear that should start immediately. the most important part of the agreement is come on paragraph a9, which i welcome. it says very

clearly that the united kingdom will maintain full alignment with those rules of the internal market and the customs union which now, or in the future, support north and south cooperation, the all ireland economy and the protection of the 1998 agreement. can the prime minister confirm that this crystal clear commitment will apply in all circumstances, including if no trade deal is reached with the european union? the point of saying in the paragraph a9 kameni absence of agreed solutions, is because we believe that the solution we can find in relation to this issue of the border between northern ireland and ireland will, from the negotiated settlement that we have with the european union in the overall relationship of the uk and the european union. if we fail to get it through that, specific

solutions will be put in place for northern ireland. that is why i described it as a last resort. if we fail to arrange that, we will look at the arrangement in paragraph a0 nine. unusually, ijoin my right honourable friend mr duncan smith as the honourable member for watch cliff, chingford, forgive me, in welcoming the premise‘s achievements this weekend. would she have spent as much time as i have in recent weeks and months speaking to european friends, reminding them we are leaving the eu, not europe, the next stage should be one that we build on togetherfor a prosperous future together? woodford green, it would be rather unkind and resented by the people of woodford green if they were arbitrarily excised from reference to the right honourable gentleman's constituency.” absolutely agree with my honourable

friend that what we‘re doing is leaving the european union, not europe. this is a statement we have made on a number of occasions. we will continue to work with european allies on a whole variety of areas in the interests of europe as a whole. this morning, i have a discussion meeting with my opposite numberfrom discussion meeting with my opposite number from bulgaria, talking discussion meeting with my opposite numberfrom bulgaria, talking about the work we continue to do with them on the western balkans, an area where i think there is much work that needs to be done in england, and we will continue to do that whether we are in the eu or not. the brexit secretary has captivated the house with tales of regulatory... well, there is the cut and thrust, a lost of heckling as the prime minister makes a statement on the deal that was struck last friday. let‘s hear from our chief deal that was struck last friday. let‘s hearfrom our chief political correspondent, vicki young, in westminster, listening to all of

that. an explanation of exactly what that. an explanation of exactly what that preliminary deal different people have read different sides into it. all sides seem to be quite happy, but there will be some concern amongst those in government that at some .1 side or the other will be unhappy. theresa may, going through various different issues that the eu wanted to see substantial progress on. that was about the rights of eu citizens, and the prime minister has written an open letter to eu citizens living in the uk, saying that our country would be poorer without them and that she very much wants them to stay. she then talked about the money, the so—called divorce bill, confirming it would be between 35 billion and 39 billion pounds. crucially, saying that it was going to be conditional on securing some kind of trade agreement. that has been some dispute about that within the cabinet, with people like the

chancellor, philip hammond, saying, of course, we are the ken doherty that would pay what we owe anyway. —— we are the kind of country that would pay what we owe. 0thers —— we are the kind of country that would pay what we owe. others are saying it depends on what happens next. as she put it, nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. this is what she had to say.” agreed until everything is agreed. this is what she had to say. i know that some doubted we would reach this stage. the process ahead will not be easy. the progress of our required give and take for the uk and the eu. to move forward together and the eu. to move forward together and that is what we have done. of course, nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. but there is a new sense of optimism now in the talks. and i fully hope and expect that we will confirm the arrangements i have set out today in the european council later this week. up until now, the labour party

has said they want to keep all options on the table. they include in that staying in a single market, a customs union, saying that they wa nt to a customs union, saying that they want to stay closely aligned so that we can carry on trading. they have been accused of trying to have their ca ke been accused of trying to have their cake and eat it. today it was the turn of the leader of the 0pposition, jeremy corbyn, to call theresa may‘s approach shambolic. 0pposition, jeremy corbyn, to call theresa may's approach shambolic.- months on from the referendum result, the prime minister has scraped through phase one of the negotiations. scraped through, after 18 months. two months later than planned, with many of the key aspects of phase one is still not clear. this weekend, cabinet members have managed to contradict each other. indeed, some have managed to go even further and contradict themselves! mr speaker, we respect themselves! mr speaker, we respect the result of the referendum. but,

due to... but due to this government‘s shambolic negotiations it is getting increasingly difficult to believe this is a government that is indeed even capable of negotiating a good dealfor britain. as theresa may putter today, she said it was good news notjust for those that voted to leave the eu, because we would be leaving, but also for those that voted to remain. she said this kind of agreement, going forward to talk about a trade relationship, it meant it would be a smooth and orderly exit from the european union. yesterday, david davis, the brexit secretary, talked about the deal on friday being more of a statement of intent, if you like. to what extent of the preliminary deal in raval? the mantra that theresa may is using is that nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. the eu side say that this is a gentleman is

agreement, if you like. today there seemed to be some rowing back from that on the british side, saying eventually it would be in a withdrawal bill that would go through this place. so it would be legally meaningful. but it is more than that, it is a political agreement. there was no doubt, listening to theresa may, particularly as he talked about the deal on money, that in her mind this is conditional. at this point, they wa nt to is conditional. at this point, they want to keep the momentum going. theresa may, starting to talk about that transitional phase, they note is crucial to the business world to get sent some kind of certainty that we will continue in the same vein for a couple of years until everything is sorted out. there are some still saying that the difficult pa rt some still saying that the difficult part is still to do. when asked about what kind of deal she was looking for, people quoting back david davis, talking about a canada plus, plus, plus, a free—trade

agreement with the services, financial sector thrown in as well. theresa may saying that we don‘t wa nt theresa may saying that we don‘t wantan theresa may saying that we don‘t want an off—the—shelf agreement, we wa nt want an off—the—shelf agreement, we want something spoke for us because the uk is in a very different position from countries like canada because we are so closely aligned at the. so we should be able to get more than they did. thank you very much, vicki young in westminster. snow and freezing temperatures are continuing to cause widespread disruption in many parts of the uk and across the channel. heathrow airport is trying to clear a backlog of hundreds of flights, the port of calais is closed, while roads and rail have been affected. it‘s all making travel difficult and even hazardous. tens of thousands of pupils are having an unexpected day off after the cold weather prompted local authorities to shut their schools. 0ur correspondent phil mackie reports. a large swathe of central england and most of wales woke up to a winter wonderland, but the morning commute was tricky, many areas saw their heaviest snowfall for seven years. some areas saw 20 centimetres, which froze when temperatures plummeted.

driving conditions were extremely dangerous, and the breakdown services have been working around the clock. on an average sunday we do 10,000 breakdowns, but yesterday we did 1a,000 — 600 of those were vehicles stuck in snow. the main advice would be to take it very steady, pack a few extras in the car, like a blanket. if you have a torch, a mobile phone, make sure they are charged. make sure you know how to use everything safely. make sure you have your main contacts saved in your phone should you need them desperately. there‘s been criticism of local authorities after hundreds of schools were shut, meaning an enforced day off for parents who had to look after children. as you can see, for a lot of people, it is a snow day, a lot of fun, but it‘s been a real problem for businesses especially because people cannot get to work, in some places they have had to stay at home to look after children. for others, simply because the high street should be doing quite well in the run—up to christmas but this is keeping people away. a lot of snow and ice around,

it will stay like this for at least another day. the snowploughs and gritters have been working at full pelt throughout the weekend. for many areas, this is day four of disruption. the worst conditions are over the higher ground in england and wales, where they are more used to it and quite phlegmatic. happens every four or five years, we geta big dump, and obviously being higher up, we tend to get more than most, but it is very pretty. everyone is being asked to help out, including organisations with four—wheel drive vehicles. we offered up a number of them to our health colleagues, because there is a lot of pressure on them at the moment. getting people to patients, patients to hospitals. we put them at the disposal of our health colleagues. we have well—trained drivers. we have good vehicles we are happy to lend. the cold snap is not yet over, that means there is no prospect of an early thaw, so the big question is, what happens next. across the country we have had a lot

of snow and also rain and sleet over the last 2a to a8 hour. tonight, temperatures will plunge, in some spots, —10, —11, —12 degrees. with all those wet and snowy surfaces, there could be some severe ice problems to take us into tomorrow morning. whether you love it or hate it, it is undeniably pretty, and social media is filled with pictures like this. so, this year, many people are enjoying some stunning scenery, and christmas come early. phil mackie, bbc news, worcestershire. and you can keep up to date with the latest disruption on our website at bbc.co.uk/news. the authorities in new york say an explosion which injured three people at manhattan‘s busiest bus terminal was an attempted terrorist attack

with a low—tech device. a man arrested after the incident at the port authority bus terminal near times square has been named as 27—year—old akayed ullah who was also injured. police said he had a pipe bomb fixed to his body with velcro and zip ties. police were called to a reported explosion. responding units found an injured 27—year—old male. we have identified him as akayed ullah. a-k-a-y-e-d, u-l-l-a-h. he had burns and wounds to his body. preliminary investigation at the scene indicates this male was wearing an improvised, low—tech, explosive device attached to his body. he intentionally detonated the device. it looks like there were three other people in the immediate area that also sustained minor injuries. earlier i spoke to cbs news reporter brook silva—braga in new york, who told us how events unfolded. what we did witness, about a0 minutes after the explosion, about 8am local time, the doorsjust behind me, hundreds, really thousands of people streaming out of the port authority bus terminal, one of the city‘s transit

hubs, as buses on some trains continue to deposit and yet, although no one was allowed in. now it is on lockdown, nobody coming in or out. this whole area has a big transit problem on its hands, because of the biggest parts of the new york city transit system, this bus terminal, where folks come across the riverfrom newjersey, as well as most of the subway lines that go through times square, are either bypassing or unable go to those stations. tell us how fast the authorities managed to respond. well, quite quickly by all accounts. one of the most remarkable things about this incident is, as best we understand it, only one person was injured and they are not life—threatening injuries. the police believe that could be because this device, pipe bomb, went off prematurely, it actually went off in a tunnel between the port authority and times square stations.

they also say the suspect that they have in custody, originally from bangladesh, had a second device on him when he was captured, but it was not exploded. i mean, in this day and age, we are surrounded by cctv cameras. what sort of surveillance video might be available to help? yes, new york is not as well monitored as london, but certainly a place like this, transit hub like the port authority is very well monitored. i presume in the hours and days ahead the nypd and probably federal investigators as well will be combing through that footage. survivors and bereaved families have called on the public inquiry into the grenfell tower disaster — in which 71 people died — to be headed by a panel of experts, rather than a single retired judge. the current chairman, sir martin moore—bick is holding two days of public hearings to set out the future of the inquiry‘s work. victims of the fire say they are already being pushed to the sidelines. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports from the hearing in central london.

the bereaved, the survivors, the people who lived in the shadow of the tower, their supporters. they are not going anywhere. these two days of hearings will set up the way in which the enquiry does its job, gathers the evidence. at first, much of that will come from the police. but the enquiry heard the voices of those who escaped the fire will be vital. to prepare a statement for the enquiry will, for many of them, be difficult and traumatic. and the process of giving oral evidence to the enquiry, equally, if not more, challenging. but we must also try to move more promptly and effectively with the aim of learning lessons from this awful event. in order to save the lives of others and in order to ensure something like this can never happen again. but the survivors and the families of the bereaved have a string of concerns. they are worried, as so—called core participants, that they are already

being pushed to the sidelines. watching as experts and lawyers discuss matters of life and death between themselves. hearings will be conducted exclusively by your counsel and you, rendering the core participants passive attendees. able only to give their own evidence if asked, and to suggest questions, but never to ask them. well, we want to ask questions on behalf of our clients. only the enquiry‘s lawyers will question witnesses. it is led by a singlejudge, sir martin moore—bick. the families want him, joined by others, to make up a panel with people better able to represent the social issues the fire revealed. what we‘re asking for is a panel of experts that represent the community. that are diverse, but also have the expertise that is required. their suspicion is not helped by the fact that six months on,

many survivors have not been rehoused, with a2 families found homes so far. it has been much more complicated and challenging than we initially thought. but i think by the time... you know, we have bought 300 houses and we are getting people rehoused. that will build the trust. it‘s action rather than words. that‘s an ongoing process. inquests have described how the 71 victims died. the enquiry‘s job is to decide why. the police, whether anyone is criminally responsible. difficultjobs in themselves, made far more difficult by the trauma this tragedy has left behind. tom symonds, bbc news. time to take a look at the weather forecast. darren is here. very, very cold in some places? temperatures remained below freezing

all day in some areas. yesterday was perhaps more extreme. yesterday was the coldest day since 2010. —6.2 maximum at braemar yesterday. last night, much lower, almost down to minus 13. that was in northumberland. it followed from all that snow we had yesterday, particularly across wales, 30 centimetres yesterday at sennybridge. less today? we haven't had as much and it has been falling in different places. a weather watcher picture taken earlier on today in north wales, no fresh snow today in north wales, no fresh snow to speak of in wales. it has been very cold, very sunny. we have seen a wintry mix of rain, sleet and snow across the south—east and across east anglia. very slushy out there, very wet. you know what is go to happen next? i think! can guess! this is always the trouble, what happens to all of the weather overnight. this is the worst bit, in many ways. you have got icy

conditions, that could make things very, very treacherous indeed. that is what we have to focus on through this evening, overnight and into tomorrow. the icy conditions, with sliding snow and all of the wet roads and pavements, it is going to bea roads and pavements, it is going to be a busy night for the gritting lorries. you can see the wetter weather moving through. as the cloud has retreated, we have revealed this area of white across wales. it is not a cloud, it is no —— snow cover. it is already getting very cold up there. wetter weather is tending to leave behind wintry showers across east anglia and the south—east. for the moment, saint—cloud. we also have a bit of cloud and showers wandering into western fringes of wales and across cornwall. for many areas, it is clear, it is going to get very cold, frosty and potentially icy. wintry showers running in from the north sea along eastern coasts of england, into northern scotland, where we have

e: nowhere near as e: nowhere hear as seeere as seen tonight temperatures may plummet to as low as minus 12.

a bomber and small number of people we re a bomber and small number of people were injured in manhattan. three children have died in a house fire in salford, and a three—year—old is said to be in a critical condition after a fire broke out in a house in worsley this morning. police are treating the incident as suspicious and have launched a murder inquiry. a big breakthrough in huntington‘s disease research — scientists say there‘s hope the deadly condition can be stopped. tv presenter keith chegwin has died at the age of 60. his family says he‘d had a "long—term battle with a progressive lung condition". from starring on the saturday morning tv show multi—coloured swap shop in the late 19705, his show business career spanned 50 years. sport now on afternoon live with holly hamilton. chelsea have drawn barcelona in the

champions league? that's right. they‘re going to have to find a way past the five time champions for the sixth time in the knock—out stages of the champions league. it won‘t be easy for tottenham either. they are going to have to deal with last season‘s runners up, juventus and manchester city have been handed the most straightforward. manchester united, they are probably going to fa ncy united, they are probably going to fancy their chances with the second leg due to plague at old trafford. liverpool are up against porto p but the manager won‘t be happy with their draw. 0lly foster has more. recent history between the two has gone chelsea's way. a lot of draws between the two, but let's just see how they go in a few months' time when they face for the first leg which is going to be at stamford bridge because the group winners always play the second legs at home, the first leg to be played in february. those games, starting on the 13th

february you cans but another clash to mention, paris st germain drawn with real madrid. the first leg of their tie on vaip. old trafford is no stranger to drama, is it, but yesterday not the kind of drama that many would have expected perhaps? the manchester derby. that was a lwa ys the manchester derby. that was always going to be drama, wasn‘t there? up to 20 players and members of staff from manchester united and manchester city had to be separated after a rather bizarre incident that left one of the city coaches with a cut to his face. we know what happened after city‘s 2-1 we know what happened after city‘s 2—1win we know what happened after city‘s 2—1 win and we know what happened after city‘s 2—1win and manchester united manager, jose mourinho, was said to be unhappy at city‘s supposedly excessive celebrations. here is our football reporter, simon stone with more. jose mourinho walked along the corridor, saw the manchester city dressing room was open and basically

made his feelings known. there was a reaction. there was a lot of jostling. arteta, the manchester city coach got cut above his eye. there was milk thrown. so, it was all a bit unseemingly. the fa have stepped in and they have asked both clubs what happened. it is outside the referee'sjurisdiction so clubs what happened. it is outside the referee's jurisdiction so the clubs have until 13th december to let the fa know what went on. england wicketkeeper jonny bairstow says england‘s players have listened to head coach trevor bayliss‘ warning that players will pay with their places if they‘re off the field discipline doesn‘t improve. england‘s ashes series — which they trail 2—0 — has been dogged by several off the field incidents. people have perceptions and will read things, i firmly believe there

has been a lot of hype about it and it has blown up. i think it has escalated a lot. we're in a position where the results we have got in the next three games we can do the talking. and we have got an opportunity to do that on the field. we have got ourselves into it and we need to get ourselves out of it and we need to win three test matches. that is the bottom line. there is no hiding from it. that's the challenge we have got in front of us. clermont auvergne have described the events around the postponement and rescheduling of their match against saracens as absurd. the european champions cup match, a repeat of the 2017 final, will now take place in front of fans at allianz park at five thirty this evening. in a statement clermont described events of the last 2a hours as an "episode of amateurism". the game has been moved following snow on sunday. there‘s commentary of the match on 5live sports extra from 5.15pm. that‘s all the sport for now. i‘ll have more for

you in the next hour. now on afternoon live — let‘s go nationwide — and see what‘s happening around the country in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. there is a boozy theme today. rogerjohnson is in salford. he‘ll be telling us about farmers in the north west who are having to find innovative ways to make ends meet and in a moment i‘ll be speaking tojustin leigh in plymouth about a landlord whose pub burned down earlier this year, but is making sure there is still room at the inn this christmas. but first to salford. why are farmers diversifying and what exactly are they turning their hands to? any excuse to talk about beer even ona any excuse to talk about beer even on a monday afternoon! it is a dilemma facing farmers across the

country as margins are squeezed on the way they have made their money. they are looking at all sorts of different things. i know people who sell direct meat from the farm. so you can actually buy your meat directly, knowing where it has come from and how it has been processed. these guys, one of a number of farms who are looking towards craft beers as way to make money. we spoke to one last week who makes gin. these guys, one last week who makes gin. these guys, the holmes family set up a craft brewery and invested £250,000. so, it‘s a big investment for them, but they sell, they have set up a baron but they sell, they have set up a bar on the farm as well. they sell to local shops and pubs, but in the bar, they have become a community centre for people to come and have a drink. they‘re selling directly to their customers. many of them are other farmers as well. they think it isa other farmers as well. they think it is a great idea and here is the best bit! the dad on the farm, who is the sort of elder statesman of the

family offers to drive people home as well! so you can have a few pints in the bar, on the farm, and get a lift home. here is one of the holmes family to explain more. my dad made the farm sustainable. it was a hobby, passion of mine and i thought if we can make a viable business, not only with it secure my future, but the future for our kids as well. making a viable business is a really key point, but they are continuing farming. 0ne key point, but they are continuing farming. one of the guys on the farm. they are a mixed farm. they have arable and dairy and beef farming as well. he drives a milk collection tanker and he will do a shift behind the bar and get on the milk collection tanker and collects from theirfarm milk collection tanker and collects from their farm and milk collection tanker and collects from theirfarm and a milk collection tanker and collects from their farm and a few others and gets home at 3.30am, and does it all again the next day. no one would say farming is an easy life.” again the next day. no one would say farming is an easy life. i wonder how successful this could be and

could it be a future model for farming? the question is whether it is sustainable. whether, it is a great idea, it‘s perhaps a gimmick. will it just be great idea, it‘s perhaps a gimmick. will itjust be a fad or can they make it work? well, they have invested £250,000 on this farm and they are making more from the craft brewery, the microbrewery than they are from the traditional farming. we know about the big brewers being squeezed and by the small micro burries, these guys have caught the trend and are doing well. let's hope they are successful because they are working hard. and now we can cross tojustin leigh in plymouth, who can tell us more about the pub landlord who is still serving christmas dinner despite his pub burning down earlier this year. what happened to the bell inn this february? this is the bell inn in devon and u nfortu nately, this is the bell inn in devon and unfortunately, back in february, a large fire broke out and despite the effo rts large fire broke out and despite the efforts of 80 firefighters to tackle

it, the building was destroyed, it was a thatched pub. much—loved in the local community and very much a focal point of that local community. so within days of the fire, the community got together and said scwlt what can we do about this? we are not prepared to put up with a village without a pub for several months while the pub is rebuilt." they came up with an idea to use the village hall, the village hall was transformed into a bar and it opens three nights week. they got the licence changed and extended so that they could serve alcohol on the premises and put the temporary bar in and put tables and chairs in, and essentially the village had its pub back! so everyone was happy, but then in the run—up to christmas, they had to start thinking again. yes, but who is going to miss out? is everyone going to get fed by the landlord? well, this is what they we re landlord? well, this is what they were talking about in the run—up to christmas. because every year the

pub is the venue for a community christmas lunch and this perhaps, i think, showsjust how christmas lunch and this perhaps, i think, shows just how much of a community spirit there is in the parkham area because every year the pub hosts the community and they have lunch. this year, no pub, they we re have lunch. this year, no pub, they were fearing no christmas lunch. they utilised the village hall and this is what the landlord told us. the village gathered around and they have sorted a kitchen out for us. snoop they sorted out a new bar out for us so we can operate snoop they sorted out a new bar out for us so we can operate over snoop they sorted out a new bar out for us so we can operate over here in the village hall. they have had a splendid christmas lunch today, all the trimmings, everyone is happy and the trimmings, everyone is happy and the work continues to restore the bell inn, hopefully they will be backin bell inn, hopefully they will be back in their proper pub. the community has rallied around and eve ryo ne community has rallied around and everyone is having plenty of festive fun by the looks of it. that's the spirit, fun intended, justin lee and

rogerjohnson in salford, thank you for joining rogerjohnson in salford, thank you forjoining us this afternoon on news nationwide. if you would like to see more on those stories, you can find them on the bbc iplayer. we go nationwide every day at a.30pm on afternoon live. 0n the attempted terrorist attack in new york. a man arrested after the incident at the port authority bus authority has been named as a 27—year—old who was injured. 0ur correspondent is at the scene in new york. what are the authorities saying there about the investigation? well, i should tell you right now the authorities are getting ready to finally open up eighth avenue. this was a very

different scene this morning, in the early hours of rush hour traffic as commuters were making their way to the port authority and what authorities have said now is they can confirm that this was an attempted terrorist attack. a 27—year—old man originally from bangladesh, but is believed to have lived in brooklyn, came in with a crude pipe bomb, strapped to his chest, with velcro and zip ties. he entered a passageway that runs from seventh avenue to eighth avenue in new york‘s subway station and set off the device intentionally. because it was a crude device, it actually set off and didn‘t cause too many injuries, three people that we re too many injuries, three people that were around the area were injured with non serious injuries. the suspect himself, had burns on his chest and hands from the device and when police rushed to the scene and responded they were able to get him

in custody quickly. now, the authorities were asked if he made nil statements, if there was any believed links to any terror organisations or to the group that calls itself islamic state? they said that he did make a estimate, but didn‘t go into further details. new yorkers, of course, fear any kind of attack on the subway, new york‘s governor said that is new york‘s governor said that is new york‘s greatest fear. their greatest nightmare. so many here arejust very, very reassured that this didn‘t cause more damage, that nobody was seriously injured in this attack. behind me, they arejust starting to open eighth avenue back up starting to open eighth avenue back up and the authorities say that the port authority and the subways will be back up and running for evening rush hour so new york getting back up rush hour so new york getting back up and running quickly after this incident. in a moment the business news with jamie robertson. first a look at the headlines

on afternoon live. more than a thousand schools are closed, and hundreds of homes are without power as parts of the uk continue to suffer from the effects of heavy snow. tonight temperatures may plummet to as low as minus 12. police in new york have named the suspect in an attempted terror attack as 27—year—old akayed ullah. he was found wearing an improvised low—tech explosive device that detonated at manhattan‘s busiest bus terminal, injuring himself and three others. six months on from the grenfell tower fire, survivors are told at a public inquiry that great importance will be placed on their stories. here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live: christmas will cost more this year, thanks to soaring food price inflation. food and soft drink prices rose by a.1% in the year to october — the biggest growth in four years. the average price of smoked salmon shot up by nearly 23%, brussels sprouts are up 8.a%, and christmas puddings cost nearly 8% more than last year.

bitcoin has begun trading on a major exchange for the first time after launching on chicago‘s cboe futures exchange. the move allows investors to bet on whether bitcoin prices will rise or fall. the price of the currency has soared from $1,000 at the start of the year, to more than $18,000 today, but critics have described the currency as a bubble waiting to burst. a pipeline has been closed in the north sea due a crack. the company discovered the crack south of aberdeen. the repairs are expected to last several weeks. you mentioned bitcoin. its rise is

huge. are you tempted to buy. no, i think i might have missed the boat. there is a story in 19292a5 when the bell boys were telling you it was time what stocks to buy, that was the time to get out! now, there are taxi drivers who are telling you, "i think i might buy bitcoin." it might bea think i might buy bitcoin." it might be a dangerous time. isn't it called fear of missing out? that's what drives markets up. today, it has gathered a respectability because it is on the futures exchange. you can actually buy bitcoins in advance say for two months down the line and put a price on them in two months‘ time. at the moment, the price two months the line is 18,000 and it is great if the price goes above that, because you will be making a profit. but, of course, if it is going the other way you are committed to buying at 18,000. if you goes back

down to 1,000, you have lost a lot of money. it is like gambling. there isa of money. it is like gambling. there is a bbc report on the cost of christmas. it is going up as well. a lot is to do with currency movements and the fall in the value of the pound which the large fall in the value of the pound really happened in 2016 after the referendum as we all know. that had a dramatic effect on food prices and that‘s feeding, if you pardon the pun, through into the system now. i was looking at some prices for instance for palm oil. i don‘t know if you know much about palm oil, but it is in everything, cosmetics and animal feeds. the price of that went up a0%, it was more than just the movement in the currency. a huge gain in price. it has come down a bit since, but up over 20% over a year ago. that‘s why you are seeing prices, things like brewsle sprouts going up. a lot of those are imported. smoked salmon has gone up

2296. imported. smoked salmon has gone up 22%. that's imported. smoked salmon has gone up 22%. that‘s nothing to do with currency, it is to do with sea lice. there is a real problem with sea lice from farmed salmon in scotland and norway. that‘s purely a supply and norway. that‘s purely a supply and demand problem. and success for bae, selling fighter jets to katar —— and success for bae, selling fighter jets to katar -- quatar? it is not just building the plane and selling, it is the support and training afterwards. that starts in 2022. the sales happen, you have got to build a lot now and then you sell them and then you service them and that‘s where actually, that‘s the most important thing because it is a continuing relationship that goes on and on and on. let‘s talk about that, because one of the interesting things, the shares of ba didn‘t move. let‘s go to james hughes. james, i was a bit surprised, there

was not a bit more excitement around bae, because it is good news, isn‘t it? it is really good news and the fa ct it? it is really good news and the fact that the deal has been done and it is not necessarily the actual sale of the aeroplanes which is the biggest point, it is those contracts going forward, those services contracts, those training contracts, they are the big things that draw they are the big things that draw the money in and of course, what you get once you have that, you sell the planes, you have the training and service going forward and then that deal is then renewed again. so that's the bit that makes the money, but what this also means for bae systems is recently they announced they are going to cut 2,000 jobs and they are going to cut 2,000 jobs and the reason that the share price hasn't really rocketed too much on the back of it is the fact that bae systems confirmed that this they are going to cut the 2,000 jobs. despite having this, which is, of course, good news for the company and good news for for the uk economy, it is not getting bae systems out of the

woods yet. let's talk about bitcoin. it isa woods yet. let's talk about bitcoin. it is a mystery. with most currencies we can talk about fair values, we can relate it to say the gdp ofa values, we can relate it to say the gdp of a country, growth of a country and all those things, but with bitcoin, how do we know when it has reached a kind of fair value? 0r is it just has reached a kind of fair value? 0r is itjust on supply, how many bitcoins there are and how many people want them ? bitcoins there are and how many people want them? the simple answer to that, we don't know. we don't know when the fair value arrives which is why we get enormous swings. bitcoin has been up almost 1,000%. so we have seen such amazing moves, but the moves higher are met by big falls lower which is why a lot of people say it is almost a bit of a bubble, but the whole thing about bitcoin is that it goes away from governments. it goes away from politician and economics and it is something completely different. it's far more technical and it is completely different to anything else that's been out there which is why there has been resistance to the fa ct why there has been resistance to the fact that bitcoin is being quoted in

chicago on the cboe and will be quoted on the cme as of next week and the fact is the fact that this almost gives it more of a mainstream edge. still the companies aren't necessarily sure about it and bitcoin itself isn't necessarily regulated but there are big, big issues going forward with bitcoin as tojust how far does it go and is it this bubble a everyone talks about and everyone is talking about bitcoin from traders on trading floors to your local people on the high street. everyone is talking about bitcoin and when it gets to big saturation point that comes a time when something big can happen and we see big corrections in the prices. james, thank you very much. james hughes talking about the mysteries of bitcoin because it is a mystery. i'm trying to understand it. somebody told me, i was reading today, thinks it will go to $100,000. i've missed the boat. the mind boggles. i missed the boat on

that one. the tv present presenter keith wing win has died —— chegwin has died. tony blackburn was a friend. i spoke to him earlier. i knew he was unwell. i spoke to him about four weeks ago and he said he was recovering, you know, so i didn‘t expect this and this is very, very sad news. and we worked together a lot when i was on radio 1, we did the children‘s show together, keith and maggie, they used to come in and we did the show on radio 1 and they would go over to television centre and do the show there. i got to know keith so well and we worked on brea kfast keith so well and we worked on breakfast television to go on itv actually and we travelled all over the place together and there was no, he was just the most lovely person i

ever met and i‘m so sad that he is no longer with us at the very early age of 60 as well. indeed, so young for him to have gone. what was he like off air? 0n for him to have gone. what was he like off air? on air, he was just this ball of energy, wasn‘t he? he was the same off air as well actually. he was the same as he was on television. he was always rather like myself, he didn‘t sleep very well so when we were out filming, abroad or anywhere like that, we would stay up to very late at night chatting away, and having fun and he was exactly the same off air as he was exactly the same off air as he was on and a true professional and just a really wonderful person to be with. great company. he always said he didn‘t need a script, he could ad—lib his way through anything? yes, absolutely. i never saw him with a script. he was a natural. he had a wonderful childish sense of humour. whenever he saw me, it was a lwa ys humour. whenever he saw me, it was always the same thing. i will

remember him for some really fabulous times we had together and i really, really enjoyed his company and i‘m going to miss him a lot. he had done everything before he got to tv? at one time he was on tv practically the whole time. the programmes we did together we had so much fun and you know i will always remember him as a real true professional and great friend as well. his children‘s television shows, things like cheggers plays pop. he was in the big brother house and he said it was a nightmare, but he actually rather enjoyed it really? yes, i couldn't believe it that he went into thes big brother and did very well, indeed. i talked to him after that and he said he really enjoyed it. enjoyed it in there and he did very, very well,

but you know, it is a very sad day. i only heard about it a moment ago and it is still sinking in. the broadcaster tony black scoop burn paying tribute to the tv presenter, keith chegwin who has died at the age of 60. that‘s it from the afternoon live tea m that‘s it from the afternoon live team for today, but we will have all afternoon from 2pm to 5pm. coming up next is the bbc news at five with huw edwards. now the weather. there has been some snow falling today, but not as much. the main focus is icy conditions with wet roads and pavements, it will turn icy quickly. we have had a mixture of rain, sleet and snow across east anglia and the south east. that‘s pulling away. we are left with wintry showers. for many, it will be dry, clear and cold. those temperatures will fall away very

quickly this evening. ice developing very quickly as well. in the countryside and particularly where you have got a covering of snow, those temperatures could be down to minus 12 celsius. a really cold, frosty and potentially icy start to the morning. a bright and sunny day for many places. the showers in the east will tend to fade away and we will see cloud increasing and rain beginning to arrive here. that‘s where we will see the highest temperatures for many. it will be cold, but dry and bright. today at five, the latest on the severe weather causing disruption across the uk. hundreds of schools have been closed and thousands of households have no power, as snow and ice cover much of the uk. temperatures tonight may plunge to —12. we‘ll have the latest from different parts of the uk as rush hour traffic develops

and public transport is badly affected. the other main stories on bbc news at five... police in manchester launch a murder investigation after three children die in a house fire. the mayor of new york says an explosion in central manhattan was an "attempted terror attack". the suspect was injured and is now in custody. scientists trying to find a treatment for huntington‘s disease think they may be close to the biggest breakthrough for 50 years.